{"id":16106,"date":"2014-06-20T14:59:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T06:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=16106"},"modified":"2014-06-20T14:59:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T06:59:28","slug":"no-reason-for-public-apology-jpe-jinggoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/20\/no-reason-for-public-apology-jpe-jinggoy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No reason for public apology\u2019\u2014JPE, Jinggoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14877\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bong_Revilla_after_delivering_Salamat_Kaibigan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14877\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bong_Revilla_after_delivering_Salamat_Kaibigan.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia Photo\" width=\"275\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; In response to a Catholic Bishop\u2019s demand that they apologize to the public, Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Jinggiy Estrada said there is no reason for them to ask forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the plunder charges against them, the two senators are not making an apology saying they are not sentenced yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no reason for us to be stressed. Regarding the apology they\u2019re demanding \u2013 why should we apologize? We\u2019re not yet sentenced. Our trial is just getting started, right?\u201d Enrile told reporters in a phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>Estrada also added that the CBCP has no basis in asking them to\u00a0 apologize because his conscience is clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe? Why will I say sorry? Why should I apologize? There is no basis for me apologizing because my conscience is clear,\u201d said Estrada.<\/p>\n<p>Estrada also lamented that waiting for the issuance of the warrant of arrest against him has already been a \u201cmental toture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enrile, who said he continues to read books and plays his favourite games on his iPad, advised the senator to relax, and keep the stress away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay cool and always pray,\u201d Enrile advised Estrada and Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla Jr., another senator who was also charged with plunder.<\/p>\n<p>Enrile said that he plans to continue working on the history of political theory while inside jail and that he will be bringing with him a copy of Nelson Mandela\u2019s biography.<\/p>\n<p>The three senators earlier made a commitment to surrender voluntarily to the police, once the warrant is issued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; In response to a Catholic Bishop\u2019s demand that they apologize to the public, Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":14877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[1554,5673,5674],"class_list":["post-16106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-estrada","tag-jpe","tag-no-public-apology","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}