My term ends in June 2004 and I have no intention to change that.

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

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.

Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship.

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

There is only one government in the Philippines and that is how it will stay.

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