Arroyo warns Erap’s loyalists

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Arroyo warns  Erap’s loyalists
Published January 31, 2001 - Bohol Chronicle     
MANILA.- Pres. Arroyo vowed to defend  her government against forces seeking to overthrow it.
       She revealed that some groups are planning to destabilize the government amidst reports that the group of ousted Pres. Estrada is behind a black propaganda against her government.
       Arroyo assured that she will safeguard the gains made by Filipinos who took part in the People Power II.
        She warned the detractors that if she is forced, she has a sworn duty to protect and defend the Constitution above everything else, “I shall crush you”.
        The chief executive said that it is up to former Pres. Estrada to decide whether he will leave the country. And that her government will pursue the charges against the ousted President.