ERAP NOT ATTENDING SONA
Former President Joseph Estrada will not attend the State of the Nation Address in Congress on Monday, July 28, although he has already received his formal invitation from Congress. There is no personal reason behind Estrada’s decision not to attend as he has already said time and again that he has already forgiven those responsible for his ouster in 2001. He simply believes that it would be a waste of time to go to Congress only to listen to the fairy tale story of the economy from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He believes that more important than listening to the lies of President Arroyo is listening to the truths from the Filipino masses: the truth of severe hunger, the truth of worsening poverty, the truth of rising inflation, the truth of a worse economy, and the truth that no less than the World Bank has assessed the Philippines to be the most corrupt country in East Asia. Estrada believes that any proclamations of progress and sound economic fundamentals would be like rubbing salt on the wounds of the poor who are the ones who are hurting from the real state of the nation today.
