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Press Release - Estrada: Acceptance speech of former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada

I stand before you today with deep gratitude and appreciation, honored to be recognized by this esteemed institution through the initiative of Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero.

Thank you for the kind words you have shared with me. This honor bestowed upon me and my wife, former First Lady Luisa "Loi" Ejercito Estrada, reaffirms that our service and contributions to this nation are never forgotten. While the halls of the Senate may feature new faces, the legacy we built together endures.

Nang maluklok ako sa Senado noong 1987, dalawa lamang kami ni dating Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile ang nanalo mula sa hanay ng oposisyon.

Bagama't isang termino lamang akong nanilbihan bilang senador, masasabi ko na naging makabuluhan ang limang taon ko sa Senado. Nagsilbing "mentor" ko noon si Senator Enrile at dating Senate President Jovito Salonga.

Marami ang nagduda sa aking kakayahan noon. Isa lamang daw akong action star at alkalde ng San Juan. But if there's one thing that I learned from my time in the Senate, it is that laughter can lead to legacy. When people poked fun at my "Carabao English", I responded not with resentment but with legislation. In those moments, I remembered the saying, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

They called it Carabao English, so I gave them a Carabao Law - the Philippine Carabao Act of 1992 or Republic Act No. 7307 which established the Philippine Carabao Center in Nueva Ecija. The PCC not only provides employment but its groundbreaking research benefitted the livestock industry and value-chain stakeholders, foremost of which are the smallholder farmers. English 'yan ha.

But levity aside, hinikayat ko noon ang aking mga kasamahan dito sa Senado na gamitin ang wikang Filipino sa mga talakayan sa bulwagan ng plenaryo pati sa mga pagdinig ng komite. Kaya kung inyong babalikan ang talaan ng Senado, makikita ninyo na may mga pagkakataon na wikang Filipino ang gamit namin noon.

Kaya paumanhin sa iyo Ginoong Senador Robinhood Padilla, nauna ang inyong lingkod sa paggamit ng wikang Filipino dito sa Senado.

Ninais ko na mas mapalapit ang Senado, ang lehislatura sa masang Filipino at para mas maintindihan nila ang kahalagahan ng

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