As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.

I am a lawyer and 22 years the mayor of Davao City. I served as congressman of the first district for one term, and I was vice mayor to my daughter, Inday.

Now that the tribunal has (former Yugoslav president Slobodan) Milosevic in the dock, the prosecutor (Carla del Ponte) is being more and more direct in her demands that the two most wanted suspects be brought in now.

I really do not know. I really do not know how to solve the problem of the Philippines. I cannot be the savior of this republic.

My worry is how to protect the Filipino.

Freedom of expression is very important.