LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—Former President Fidel Ramos gave this simple advice to his friend, former Senator Gringo Honasan: Just turn yourself in and you collect the P5 million bounty yourself and donate it to the welfare fund of the soldiers and the policemen.

Ramos, in an interview with local newsmen Monday here, said
these words to Honasan whom he calls as his friend: Gringo, you are already a former senator, you have already enjoyed amnesty during my term, you have already become very popular, your face is very well known already and you are in a greater risk of being recognized and then arrested.

Ramos, himself a former Defense secretary, said that by surrendering, Honasan can collect the reward money as this is called “self capture”.

“Face the music because it’s an opportunity to have your day in
court”, Ramos said.

He also urged Honasan to forget about the “Our dreams will never die” motto because he said “That is not really your intention”.

Ramos said Honasan keeps saying that to the young officers at Oakwood.

Meanwhile, Ramos said the government should leave alone the military and the police because “they have enough to do, they’re spread out so sanely, they are overworked, underpaid”

“Who will perform the defense, peacekeeping and public safety and the law enforcement except them? They are so spread all over the country. Leave them alone,” Ramos added.