Arroyo wants ‘to reconcile’ with Erap

CEBU CITY -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former president Joseph Estrada were briefly reunited during the wedding Saturday afternoon of lawyer Christina Garcia Codilla and Liloan Mayor Vincent Frasco at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.

Hours before the ceremony, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said Malacañang remained hopeful for another shot at reconciliation between President Arroyo and Estrada.

In his homily, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal told the couple to rise above partisan politics.

“Coming from political families on both sides, you have the added responsibility of living and loving well for the sake of your people. Let no politics get in the way of your love for each other and for your children. Remember, you may be in office for some time, but you will be married till death do you part,” he said.

Arroyo assumed the presidency in 2001 when a civilian uprising supported by the military removed Estrada from Malacañang. In 2004, she defeated Estrada’s ally, opposition standard-bearer Fernando Poe Jr.