SUBSCRIBEMuch ado about the Erap trial ads
Last week a full page ad published in major newspapers 4 July appealed for sobriety whatever the outcome of the Erap plunder trial. The ad had for its headline:
Erap: Guilty or not guilty. Kailangan bang may gulo?
The Opposition immediately reacted saying that its a conditioning of the public’s mind to a guilty verdict with the Arroyo administration pressuring the Sanidganbayan. They even convened a press conference complete with banners crying
Free Erap! Palayain si Erap!
with the major personalities like Binay, Escudero, Tamano, Ejercito, Lim and Guingona.
What?
Its a bit incredulous and stretching the imagination if what they say is true but I can’t find any hint of conditioning in that ad. I’m more inclined to believe that this is more of a setup so that they are now conditioning the minds of the public as they might not be that hopeful of an acquital or a not guilty verdict for their idol.
