We have to change the system. The system is very rotten. The executive is corrupt, the Congress is corrupt, the judiciary is corrupt. ... So what's left We really have to have a radical and surgical change to bring back the image of our country.

The truth will come out in the end.

My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen.

I will prove my innocence, ... I guarantee the Filipino people that I will be vindicated because the truth is on my side.

We have to change the system. The system is very rotten. The executive is corrupt, the Congress is corrupt, the judiciary is corrupt. ... So what's left We really have to have a radical and surgical change to bring back the image of our country.

Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow.

The downsides of globalization are indeed painful, ... But taking the bigger pills against its ills is superior to living inside a sterile bubble.