The bomb has been dropped. A presidential crony and personal friend of many years, governor Chavit Singson was considered one of the closest people to President Estrada, each being a godfather to the other's child

 "Mag-kumpareng buo" twice over, drinking, gambling, and womanizers both, birds of the same feather. Erap and Chavit. Chavit says the relationship is over. And Erap is to blame. Chavit says that Erap began to treat him not in a way that a friend is expected to do, and thus deserves no less himself. What would make a long-time relationship turn sour, so sour that Chavit seeks to destroy Erap after Erap is suspected by Chavit of ordering or approving his death? What can negate the bonds of friendship which had survived good and bad times over a few decades?

The public thinks it is Money, the greed for Money. And the public may be
right, maybe not completely, but right nevertheless.

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