Former Philippine president Joseph Estrada is being investigated after he was allegedly seen riding around Manila in a jeep with a fake machinegun on top, police officials said last week.
National police chief Jesus Verzosa said they were looking into charging Estrada with breaking gun laws.
“Our legal people are studying the matter,” Verzosa said.
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Estrada’s companion in the jeep, opposition leader Jejomar Binay, who is mayor of Manila’s financial district of Makati, may also be charged, he said.
The replica machinegun has already been handed over to local police, Verzosa said.
Estrada spokeswoman Margaux Salcedo described the police move as a form of political harassment by a government “threatened” by Estrada’s popularity.
“It seems they are trying to send a message to former President Estrada,” Salcedo said. “It is unfortunate that the (Philippine National Police) is allowing itself to be used for political purposes.”
Estrada, unseated in a popular uprising in 2001, was later sentenced to life in prison for corruption but pardoned in 2007 by the woman who deposed him, current President Gloria Arroyo.
The former movie star who has friends in high places and still retains a large following, has hinted that he may run for president again next year.
(AFP)
菲律賓警政署上週表示，前總統喬瑟夫．艾斯特拉達在馬尼拉市區被人目擊搭乘架有模型機關槍的吉普車遊街後，現正接受調查中。
菲國警政署署長吉瑟斯．佛佐沙說，他們打算以違反槍枝管制法起訴艾斯特拉達。
佛佐沙說：「我們的法律部門正在研究此事。」
他說，當天和艾斯特拉達同車的反對黨領袖暨馬尼拉金融區瑪卡迪市市長傑鳩瑪．畢奈也可能會遭到起訴。
佛佐沙說，這挺模型機關槍已送交當地警方。
艾斯特拉達的女發言人瑪歌．桑賽朵形容警方的作法，是深受艾斯特拉達民意支持度「威脅」的政府所發動的政治打壓。
桑賽朵說：「他們似乎是想給前總統艾斯特拉達一個警告。（菲律賓警政署）讓自己淪為政治工具令人遺憾。」
艾斯特拉達在二ＯＯ一年一場人民革命中被推翻下台，之後又因貪污罪入獄，但二ＯＯ七年時被罷免他的現任女總統葛羅莉亞．艾洛優特赦出獄。
這位迄今仍擁有廣大支持群眾的前電影巨星有許多達官顯貴的朋友，他並暗示他明年可能會再度出馬參選總統。
（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
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