Why do you think a lot of Filipinos still like ERAP?

Erap won the Presidency very clearly, no cheating. That was what the people like and whatsoever would have been the result of his being president, that was the will of the people - to be led by such kind of a person. The people did not see what could have happened had Estrada completed his term because they grabbed the Presidency and so the people kept hoping especially because GMA did not do better. Many years have past and so Estrada could no longer become the President but the people have shown their disgust with GMA by the election of the senators in the opposition. For me that is a big slap on the part of GMA. Her leadership is not approved by the people and in fact, her win in the Presidential elections is still in question. That's what is painful with the Filipino people. They were cheated.

Those people still wanting him are blind. common people, mostly his supporters either have their own interest on defending him or are blind people beleiving in him, on nothing, or misinformed by their own groups. People like erap are not worthy to be leaders. Put it, he is better a fictional hero on TV snd better if he just stayed like that and bettered his life as a family man and not a leader of this sad nation. People who oust him are not the heroes either. There shoud be no villain here and no protagonist as the movies. Most common people think like that. The true villain is that evil deeds we'e attracting in our lives because maybe of lack of thinking. No one true solution is ever heard, because up to now, we are still confused defining what is the core problem. To name it, people always point out corruption. It might be absolutely true to be one of the problems, but the root, root cause what is it? What is the true disease? We cannot look at the old novels of Rizal to copy, we have to analyze the presrnt, ourselves, and that man, is an example. I don't think, our antion changed from what it was before. The world grew and we learned. Now to look at it, there are many universities than before. That should have been a sign that we are more educated people, but we are not chnaged from the ignorant and it is sad. If the phils has grown steadily postive from the true wisdom those great minds cultivated, but intellectuals modern there are playing with the devils of their minds.

i think so, filipinos still like Estrada on the way he rule our country unlike Arroyo.He is better than her because she made our country the most corrupt one all over the world.She puts us in shame.

Estrada's popularity is still great up until now, but it can be observed that his popularity had waned throughout the year he was in house arrest. The climax oh his popularity (his landslide victory against de venecia and the People Power 3) is now long gone. One can still say that he still have a clout, but it is now gone. Look what happened to PMAP, a partylist that supports ERAP? It did not fared well last elections. Erap is still popular, it seems, because of the unpopularity of the current administration. I gave this observation because many people I met said that the the country is better under Estrada's term. Erap's popularity can also be viewed like the films where the protagonist were always beaten in the beginning but will be triumphant in the end. Kumbaga, ang bida ay nagpapabugbog muna bago manalo. Filipinoes love underdogs.

"man of the masses". a huge number of filipinos are not so rich. many of us just eat 3 times a day or maybe just 2. im not really sure. or worse, once or not at all some bad days. a lot of filipinos are hungry. the physiological need is not really satisfied. in maslow's hierarchy of needs, physiological is to be satisfied first before climbing up to psychological, belongingness, self-esteem, and self actualization. the main concern of most of the poor families is food. what is important is for them to have that need. lack of nutrition affects our thinking. perhaps they dont care whether estrada is corrupt and weak as seen by others who could maybe think better. the masses sees him as someone who loves them and is concern about their life. these people see him as someone compassionate about their woes. maybe estrada has touched a huge part of the masses' heart from making movies that relate to masses up to eating using only his hands. these people found a "kakampi". they dont care whether he is corrupt or not. maybe they dont even know the meaning of the word because for them, having someone who understand them is enough. a lot of us does not understand the face of poverty because we have not experieced it. but maybe estrada was able to do so.