In 2002, this newspaper condemned a deceitful series of legal maneuvers by Ombudsman Aniano Desierto as an “ombudscam”—the preparation by his powerful anti-graft office of cases that were designed to fail.
With the prospect of former president Estrada running again for president becoming more imminent, the debate on whether or not he is banned by the Constitution from contesting the presidency again has become more strident. Legal luminaries are equally divided.
Let me start by asking this question: What do the children of the late President Cory Aquino have against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo? Except for Noynoy Aquino, they snubbed the President when she paid her last respects to their mother. Lately they turned down Ms Arroyo’s offer to put up a monument for Cory.
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