http://rp2010.com The Election Watchblog Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://rp2010.comhttp://rp2010.com/images/btn_rp2010.pngrp2010http://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rp2010/~3/VYUk0QwKBaU/a-portrait-of-erap-as-a-public-servant.html http://rp2010.com/2009/12/a-portrait-of-erap-as-a-public-servant.html#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:09:09 +0000 Arvin Antonio Ortiz http://rp2010.com/?p=100 The action star turned president. The nocturnal president. The poster boy of corruption. The academically challenged president. Joseph Estrada, &#8220;Erap&#8221; to his millions of tangahanga, suffered miserably in the past. He has been scraped off his office, cutting short his six-year Presidential into two and a half. He has been jailed and convicted. 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