This was the declaration of former President Joseph Estrada, who takes a second crack at the presidency after filing his certificate of candidacy at the Commission on Elections office in Intramuros, Manila.
Estrada, standard-bearer of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino, said he is confident that the masses, mostly people living in squalor, will be voting for him in next year’s presidential elections.
The former president’s statement came a day after Sen. Manny Villar, standard-bearer of the Nacionalista Party, held a proclamation rally in Tondo, Manila, to bolster his claim that he has the vote of the masses.
Villar said he was born and raised by his parents in one of the rickety houses in Tondo.
Clad in identical orange shirts, Villar and Estrada filed their COCs together with their respective parties’ senatorial candidates. Their supporters likewise donned similar colors.
Estrada was ousted from office in 2001 following allegations of graft and corruption. Villar, meanwhile, served as House Speaker at that time and was instrumental in spawning an impeachment trial for Estrada at the Senate.
The two have publicly reconciled since.
Estrada, convicted of plunder and later pardoned, filed his candidacy despite legal challenges and immediate objections to his political comeback.
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