FPJ's family wants him to be proclaimed as the 14th President

The family of the late Fernando Poe Jr. is very eager that the late King of Philippine Movies should be the 14th President of the Philippines, 7 years after his death. FPJ died on December 14, 2004 due to stroke, 7 months after the 2004 elections which Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was acknowledged the winner.

"It's something that has set set to be right. I don't know how they're going to do it if ever. Ipokrita ako kung sabihin kong hindi (ko hinihintay na maproklama siya). I wish it for those who supported him wholeheartedly." As told by Susan Roces, FPJ's widow in an interview by ABS-CBN.

He sincerely determined to run for public office despite Mrs. Roses initial objections to his decision to run for the highest post of this country. "He strongly felt we have to give back and I shared that with him that's why I was eager for him to run as well," she said. "It was part of our retirement years that we had to offer to those who supported ours in our careers.

"With what happened, it's greed I see, a greed of power and material returns. It's sad but it was a learning experience," Roces said.

"We install our leaders but are complacent. We have to inspire our leaders. I think our President is trying his best." Grace Poe Llamanzares, the only daughter of FPJ, said that the Aquino administration is a great opportunity to right the wrong history and re-establish the credibility of this country in the elections.

"Our family feels we have this opportune moment to uncover the truth more freely because its allowed in this environment, we thank the President for the transparency he's setting. Just recently with the arrest of Mrs. Arroyo. Let's look deeper into what happened in 2004 and hopefully the government will aid us in that." She said.

FPJ's family believed that Arroyo is still lucky that she has been treated fairly from the government compared to what happen to FPJ's best bud, former President Joseph Estrada, when he was forced to leave the Palace in 2001.

"Maybe the situation is different because she's a woman and claims to be sick." Poe-Llamanzares said.

Roces said that she pities Arroyo who made a scene when she and his family attempted to catch a flight to Singapore on November 15. "The sight in the airport cast a doubt in my mind... I found it a little over in costuming, the way she was garbed." Roces said. "I wouldn't want my grandchildren to achieve power in that manner. Nakakaawa makita ang isang tao who has to go through all of that."

She also opened that she is experiencing a degenerative ailment of the spinal disc, a similar condition to Arroyo, but she opted to give up medical procedures that she found it was too dangerous that it can cause her paralysis.

As FPJ's family prepares for his 7th death anniversary, they remember him with his legacy to the masses and to his bereaved family.

FPJ's widow admitted that losing his husband was difficult and she only managed the fact in the recent years.

"I've been married for 30 years. When your partner dies, part of you dies."

"It's only now that I realize he's gone. The earlier years kept me busy attending to responsibilities... We were looking forward to having our time to ourselves. Part of my life is gone. The first year after Ronnie passed away. I couldn't go to the grocery... I'd pick the clothes for my husband... There's no one else I'd shop for... part of my life is gone."

Roces admitted that the month of December is a particularly nostalgic month for her personally.

"December is a very important month for me. It was on December 16 that we eloped, and the 25th of December that we got married in church and his death anniversary is the 14th. So the cure for that is work. I'm working." Roces said.