LOW PULSE ASIA RATINGS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Former President Joseph Estrada put an end today to the rumors that he is backing out of the presidential race to support the presidential bid of Senator Noynoy Aquino

At the taping for the presidential forum Isang Tanong of GMA Network, the former president clarified, “I have declared that I am running for president and I will stick to my word. These rumors are only part of the campaign strategy of those who would like to seek my endorsement.”

Estrada also clarified that he is not running in 2010 for his personal vindication but only to pay his debt of gratitude to the Filipino masses who continued to support him even throughout his incarceration. “I was already vindicated when I made my wife Loi and son Jinggoy run for the Senate and they were both voted by the masses. This proved to me that the masses still believed in me. even if I had already been incarcerated. I was further vindicated when certain members of the Catholic Church and even the late President Cory Aquino, who were both behind Edsa Dos, apologized in public for having participated in Edsa Dos. In the twilight of my life, I have no other goal but to give back, help the poor and be remembered as the man who championed the cause of the masses.”

Asked whether he was affected by his fall to number 4 in the latest Pulse Asia presidentiables survey, the former president said it was a blessing in disguise. “Whoever is leading is the one who is usually attacked in the media by his opponents or other critics with various issues, whether true or false, So at this point in time it’s not a wise move to peak already. The real gauge will be the surveys at around February or March next year,” Estrada said.

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