 Manrique said the lawyer convinced him to file another perjury case against the deposed president since the original case filed
by the Ombudsman was deemed to be weak and insufficient in evidence.The lawyer added Manrique’s complaint against Estrada had to be antedated to make it appear that even before the Ombudsman had filed his own case,

4.Saguisag, one of Estrada‘s lawyers said the defense will base its legal argument on the prosecution’s failure to indicate in the information that Estrada had received jueteng money “by reason of his public office,”
“There was no allegation that it was received by reason of his public office.