Estrada himself was ousted from Malacañang through a similar mobilization dubbed “Edsa II†in 2001, over allegations that he received payoffs from “jueteng†(an illegal numbers game). He was convicted of plunder in September 2007 and pardoned weeks later by his successor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“Even when I was President, I never stopped all those rallies in front of Malacañang. At my first Sona, I let them inside,†he recalled during an interview with Inquirer editors and reporters Thursday night.
He was referring to his first State of the Nation Address in 1998, during which he said that the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), also known as pork barrel, should be abolished.
“Projects should belong to the executive. Legislators are there to make laws,†Estrada said.
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