Erap greets Arroyo happy birthday: ‘I hope you run again, we need you’

“I hope you run again. We need you,” this was the message of former president Joseph Estrada on Monday as he greeted fellow former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ahead of the latter’s 75th birthday.

FORMER PRESIDENTS: Former president Joseph Estrada and fellow former Chief Executive Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / LYN RILLON

LUBAO, Pampanga — “I hope you run again. We need you,” this was the message of former president Joseph Estrada on Monday as he greeted fellow former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ahead of the latter’s 75th birthday.

Estrada greeted Macapagal-Arroyo through a phone call during Macapagal-Arroyo’s advance birthday celebration in Lubao town.

The event was attended by vice presidential candidate Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio and senatorial candidates under the UniTeam slate, including President Estrada’s son, Jinggoy.

“I hope you run again, I’ll be your campaign manager,” Estrada told Arroyo through a phone call which was connected to the venue’s speaker system.

“We need you, we need you,” he added.

In response, Macapagal-Arroyo thanked Estrada. She also greeted Estrada who will celebrate his 85th birthday on April 19.

“We need you also,” Macapagal-Arroyo told Estrada.

Estrada was elected as the president of the country in 1998, with Macapagal-Arroyo as the Vice President. When Estrada stepped down after the so-called Edsa people power 2 in 2001, Macapagal-Arroyo was sworn into office.

In one of the most controversial presidential elections in the country, Macapagal-Arroyo was elected president in 2004.

Macapagal-Arroyo is currently running for a congressional post in Pampanga’s second district.

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