“What will they get from me?” This was the reaction of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada when he learned that the daughters of Salvador Dacer filed a $120 million suit against him and fugitive senator Panfilo Lacson. The latter has been in hiding since January of this year.
Estrada described as “erroneous” the account by the complainants that he “berated” their father in a meeting in Malacanang before Dacer was killed. Estrada said that the Dacer children were coached by lawyers in a desperate attempt to link him in the double murder case.
“Itong bahay ko sa Greenhills nakasanla sa Metrobank, pati ibang ari-arian ko nakasangla sa mga bangko. Ano pa hahabulin nila sa akin?” (My house in Greenhills is pledged as collateral for a loan with Metrobank. My other properties are likewise held as collateral by other banks. What do they expect to get from me?) he said in jest, citing his incarceration for two and a half years for plunder, and the expenses he incurred in the May 10 presidential election. – ?