Punish Estrada!
The punishment of Estrada and all of the biggest criminals and plunderers shall be the people�s foremost basis in judging the Macapagal-Arroyo regime�s will to uphold the aspirations of EDSA 2.
Steps to arrest, prosecute and punish Estrada must be undertaken immediately. Any hesitation on this matter serves Estrada�s interest to evade the people�s verdict. All steps and legal and political maneuvers that would allow Estrada and his cohorts to get away with their crimes against the people must be thoroughly opposed and defeated.
We must renounce any secret negotiation between the government and Estrada starting from agreements forged according to the principle of allowing Estrada a "dignified exit". This would include schemes to allow Estrada to live in exile in the name of preserving "peace and stability". There should be corresponding punishment for the atrocities perpetrated by Estrada on the people.
Appropriate punishment must also be meted out to Estrada�s biggest cronies and partners in crime including those who defected just now to save themselves from falling along with Estrada.
Macapagal-Arroyo must remember that the people will not allow a "healing of wounds" based on granting Estrada the chance of a "dignified exit". More than anything, the wounds and lashes inflicted on the people under the Estrada regime must be healed by means of punishing Estrada and addressing the cry for national and social change.
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