Former President Joseph Estrada gave this unsolicited advice to former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, citing his experience after he was ousted in 2001.
Estrada said he could not also blame President Aquino for supporting the Department of Justice’s rejection of Arroyo’s travel request amid speculations that she would escape prosecution.
“My unsolicited advice to her (Arroyo) is for her to face the charges first. Then when she is put behind bars, then that’s the only time she can request for medical treatment abroad,” Estrada told The STAR.
Estrada recalled that his US-based physician, Christopher Mow, even appeared before the Sandiganbayan special division to seek permission for him to be allowed to undergo knee surgery in Hong Kong.
“I requested only one country and that is Hong Kong because my doctor said his equipment were all in Hong Kong. He was suggesting that I undergo medical treatment in the US, but I decided to undergo knee surgery in Hong Kong,” he said.
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