THIS refers to the editorial "Triumph of the ex-con." (Inquirer, 10/26/07) It stated: "And what do we get in return for this Faustian bargain? An empty bag, where the rule of law used to be."

Correction. What we got is a "barf bag." The sight of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pardoning a "co-criminal" is undeniably something only the most hardened "stomach for perversity" could take without throwing up.--MON SAGULLO, via e-mail