Estrada’s Conviction Not Necessarily a Victory for Arroyo
Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is now officially a convict. The country’s anti-graft court on September 12 found the one-time actor and hero to the poor guilty of plunder and sentenced him to up to 40 years in prison, marking the first time in Philippine history that a former president has been convicted of a criminal charge.
The verdict has …
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