Estrada Can Run for the Presidency

The Philippines election commission permitted Estrada to run for the presidential campaign in May, the New York Times reported on Jan. 20. Estrada was elected as the 13th president in 1998 but could not complete his six-year term because of the corruption allegation. Although the Philippines constitution prohibits the President from reelection, he has been claiming that this does not apply to him.

In the first IEDP class meeting, we talked about if Estrada can run for the coming election and saw his campaign DVD. Regarding the second class meeting topic "Decentralization and Public Health in Philippines," during his presidency, Estrada implemented several new programs to make decentralization work in the health sector.