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Article: Philippine Ex-President Refuses to Enter Plea on Perjury Case
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 12, 2002
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Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada Friday refused to enter
any plea in connection with the arraignment of the second perjury
case filed against him by the Ombudsman at the anti-graft court.
Estrada told the court that as much as he would not want to be
part of the proceedings, he will not participate in all the
proceedings in the court neither does he recognize the court-
appointed lawyers and he feels that he has nothing to do with what is
happening in the court.
He even cited that he does not care whether the reading of the
charge sheet is Filipino or English in the court, the Philippine News
Agency reported.
The perjury case stemmed from the filing of then President Estrada
on ...