Thursday, September 13, 2007
‘All other corrupt officials should be jailed too’
FROM students to vendors to jeepney drivers, everybody seems to have a word or two about how the Erap trial should have proceeded and ended. Rightly so. The ‘Erap trial’ is a story about politics, family, friendship, betrayal and revenge — elements that make Pinoy movies click.
Jasmine, student
“Wala na lang unta siya gi-convict kay tiguwang na pud baya siya. Besides, di ra man siya ang nag-ingon ana. Si Arroyo gani, nanikas man pud na siya ug nangawat.”
Johan, student
“He should be in jail like other prisoners kay unfair man pud sa uban. Pero di ra man siya ang nibuhat ana. Daghan man sa government ba so sila tanan, dapat ma-priso pud. Pero kinsa na man lang ang mahabilin kung sila tanan ma-priso?”
Randy, jeepney driver
“Da, sad-an siya o dili, wa nay bali namo. Driver ra gihapon ko, nya ang ga-solina taas gihapon kaayo.”
Terence Lanzado, worker at the Palace of Justice
“Wala, deadma lang ko.”
Ryan Gador, Palace of Justice worker
“Mayra niya.”
Miralyn Basaca, staff of Mandaue City Vice Mayor Carlo Pontico Fortuna
“Para nako, he deserves the judgment. It was already obvious during the Senate hearings that he committed the crime. The conviction, however, will diminish the foreigners’ trust in our officials.”
Imelda Cañamo, Mandaue City Hall clerk
“He deserves being imprisoned for life. What he did has definitely affected our country. Para nako, wa na tay paglaum.”
Senior Insp. Kasuagi Ladjarani, chief of police of Simunul Island, Tawi-Tawi
“Let justice prevail. Kung ako lang, I cannot believe (that he did it). Pero hindi naman tayo ang humahawak ng kaso and we do not know the background. May batas tayong kailangang panindigan.”
Eliseo Dionaldo, 58, mango vendor since 1970
“Ensakto ra nga guilty gyud kay mituo man ko sa pasangil. Pero ang kagubot sa atong nasud dili gihapon mawala. Wala nalang untay kagubot. Unta masulbad na.”
Rosell Bonghanoy, fried chicken vendor
“Uyon ta ana nga sad-an siya. Og makadawat lang mga tawo sama nako, wa nay samok.”
Fruit vendor
“Maayo hinuon aron maleksyon ang mga kawatan sa gobyerno.”
Newsboy
“Wa ko nalipay, wa pud ko naguol kay di man na makatabang sa kamahal sa mga palitonon.”
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