Joseph Estrada was convicted for 7yrs in violation of RA 7080 (AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME OF PLUNDER). he was granted for absolute pardon by GMA with a promise that he will not run for the presidency this coming  2010 election..

Ang tanong:

Is Joseph Estrada be qualified to run for the presidency inspite of his conviction with RA 7080?


Yes or No? Why?

yes, he is qualified. Absolute pardon clears all his criminal liabilities and install his right to run for office. the promise not to run is not a condition for absolute pardon. he he he ewan ko lang kung tama.

I'M NOT CONVINCED..i think...im not thingking..hehhehehe

The Constitution clearly distinguishes between "ANY RE-ELECTION" and "ELECTION TO THE SAME OFFICE AT ANY TIME" yet it is a seemingly illogical distinction because the 1987 ALLOWS INCUMBENT ADVANTAGE anyway! It has been asserted that these 1987 provisions were framed in such a way as to prevent an incumbent President from using the powers of his or her office to win immediate re-election. However, that is clearly not the case, since any President who succeeded to that office for less than four years, may indeed run for immediate re-election, as Gloria Macapagal Arroyo did in 2004. If the intent of the framers was to deny the so-called Incumbent's Advantage in re-election contests, they miserably failed by leaving a loophole at least big enough for GMA to have gotten through it and is already on her second, full term as President after a highly controversial 2004 election contest.

THE RIGHT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE Why should this be so? Why should a person who merely succeeds to the Presidency and serves less than two thirds of the full six year term be generously accorded by the Constitution with the right and privilege to run immediately for "election to the same office" with the incumbent's advantage, or at any time in the future? Perhaps it is because the Constitution values the privilege of being directly voted by the people to serve as President of the Philippines so highly, that no one should be deprived of it by the actions or circumstances that engulf another. For example, suppose an incumbent President were to RESIGN from office just a few days before the end of his or her six year term. The Vice President would validly succeed to the Presidency, but without the above provision, the new President would serve just those few days and then be ineligible to run for election to the same office of the Presidency, effectively deprived of his or her own full turn at the Helm.

AM I RIGHT? AM I RIGHT?

HHAHAHAHAHA

VIOLENT REACTION MAY POST HERE................

THEREFORE HE IS NOT QUALIFIED............

it is unfortunate that when it is to their advantage, people would turn to the technicalities of the law and twist its meaning. Delicadeza nalang.

Erap is the biggest disaster (or if not, the biggest joke) in the history of Philippine politics.

Sinuka nyo na! kainin mo pa...

desperate people wouldn't mind eating shit....i pray, the Filipino nation isn't too desperate to resort to such measures.

damn those people who will vote for this person if he will run again.....

COOL KA LANG DENIED N DAW APPLICATION NYA S COMELEC HAHAHA
EWAN KO LNG KUNG NAGSTART N ANG FILLING.....HAHAHA

Hehe mayat ah nu denied..

ket muzta ngy padly..ayan mu tatta..

awan py bonus..nagbayag erealease DBM....

Hello Mr Moderator

Sir, may suggestion lang po kung pwede.......siguro mas okey kung may Politics Section sa forum natin, ano po?

ur ryt but i gues the question still part of CJP..hehe

i suggest that already including lovers circle but still no action..hehe

I suggest! isa sa atin mag file ng complaint to COMELEC or Court to disqualify him for running as President. then Let the them decide....

KAWAWANG ERAP! Sinuka muna, kakainin mo pa ulit.

Ano sa palagay nyo? Masarap pa ba yon...  ???

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