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The Rehabilitation of Erap Estrada

The Rehabilitation of Erap Estrada

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Mar 30, 2016
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Driven from the Philippine presidency by elite-directed street protests in 2001 amid charges of massive corruption, Joseph “Erap” Estrada, now 78 years old, has steadily been rehabilitating his image as Mayor of Manila, and as a national political powerhouse by endorsing Grace Poe for the 2016 presidency.

Public forgiveness for rogues is a mark of Filipi…

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