Comelec: Estrada can run for president in May

[peewee711]

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na unsa na mn ni constitution na2 oi...

[gubaon]

one more incompetent added on the list

[Clifford_2008]

The Commission on Elections Second Division allowed on Wednesday former President Joseph Estrada to run for president in the May 2010 elections. The second division issued the ruling dismissing the disqualification case filed by a certain Evelio Pormento. In its ruling, the poll body’s second division said Estrada could not be covered by the constitutional ban on a President’s reelection because he is not an incumbent President intending to run for reelection.

The poll body added that Estrada, who was convicted of plunder in September 2007, was pardoned by President Macapagal-Arroyo a month after, and therefore, all his civil and political rights have been restored.
Estrada, who was present during the reading of the promulgation, hailed the ruling, saying it could boost his popularity ratings in surveys on presidential candidates. Estrada is currently running third in the public’s preference surveys behind Sen. Benigno Noynoy Aquino III, the front runner, and Sen. Manuel Villar.

"It is a victory of the Filipino people," Estrada said of the ruling. Pormento, the lawyer who filed the disqualification case against Estrada, said he would appeal the Second Division ruling to the Comelec en banc. According to him, the spirit of the constitutional ban on presidents seeking reelection is "absolute." Pormento said he has also started preparing an appeal to the Supreme Court if the Comelec en banc would uphold the second division ruling. Before the promulgation of the ruling, nuisance candidate Ely Pamatong created a scene by yelling at the Comelec commissioners, "I want to lead. Magnanakaw kayong lahat (You are all thieves!).

Comelec guards immediately detained Pamatong inside a Comelec office, and the Comelec held him for charges of indirect contempt. Comelec officials said he would be brought to the Manila City jail and be detained there for 10 days.

Comelec: Estrada can run for president in May - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

common not again!!!!!!!!!

[bugslife]

hay naunsa naman tawon ning atong nasud uy......

[jrconde]

its not the country, but the people in the country is wrong.

[raphz]

ERAP is the most experienced presidentiables there is today. he was an actor, 17 years as a mayor, 1-term senator, a vice president, finally a president, an impeached president, a criminal, a gambler, a drunkyard, a womanizer, and lastly a pardoned prisoner. he has all of these experiences and that we already knew. do we deserve this kind of president AGAIN?! he has the chance to prove it but he failed so. how many times can we learn our lessons? so its up to now... its not a question of "does he deserve to be president once again?" but instead "do WE deserve to have a president like him one again"?

[SioDenz]

this is an outrage. bad precedence. gibale wala ra sa decision sa Comelec ang ato Constitution.... dapat di na jud i.allow modagan si gloria and especially si erap. bisan pa ingnon nila na "tao na ang mgdecide para nila". dapat jud constitution ang mag prevail. bogo ang comelec. so ok na diay modagan bisan kinsa na former president. i hope SC will make the right move.

I dont think kana kang gloria kay against na sa constitution, wala nah nakasupak sa PGMA sa const if mudagan ug congresista, mao bitaw walay ni file ug complaint ana based sa constitution - file nuon sila sa lain reason which is magamit ni gloria iya katungdanan para makadaug, mao ra na...hinuon ang basihan ana kang PGMA is ang issue sa Pagkahangol sa Power. Pero kana ka Erap mao nay naa jud provision sa const nya mao nay lalisonon jud.

[SioDenz]

ERAP is the most experienced presidentiables there is today. he was an actor, 17 years as a mayor, 1-term senator, a vice president, finally a president, an impeached president, a criminal, a gambler, a drunkyard, a womanizer, and lastly a pardoned prisoner. he has all of these experiences and that we already knew. do we deserve this kind of president AGAIN?! he has the chance to prove it but he failed so. how many times can we learn our lessons? so its up to now... its not a question of "does he deserve to be president once again?" but instead "do WE deserve to have a president like him one again"?

Good point bro, sadly di tanan tawo ing ana ug panglantaw... hopefully ok an result sa election karun may..(kanus-a kaha na ok atu nasud after election? hehehe)

[kit_cebu]

Please let Estrada run, he will lose anyway. And after that, dli na dyud na magtuga2x ug lansar pa ug balik

it's not about letting him run, it's about the reason why he SHOULD NOT run... he is a "convicted" dÜmb ex-pressie who can't even understand plain tagalog, as per the show about the presidentiables nga wa kasabot sa tagalog question.... geeez....

[kit_cebu]

this is one of the reasons why constitution needs to be changed....