Gloria Will Return Presidency to Erap

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will return the presidency to pardoned former leader Joseph "Erap" Estrada in order to satisfy the growing clamor for her resignation, and the phenomenal public reception that welcomed Estrada's freedom and the general acclamation over the executive clemency she granted to the ex-President. According to the author, respected economist, academician and nationalist Alejandro Lichaucho, "Erap today is to the Philippines as Hugo Chavez is to Venezuela. The elite and those who object to Erap's pardon wouldn't stand a chance against an Erap in political power...[particularly since] elements of the political and social elite — led by then former President Cory Aquino and former Vice President Teofisto Guingona" who figured in EDSA II are now behind Estrada.

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