MANILA, Dec 23 Kyodo A Philippine...

MANILA, Dec 23 Kyodo

A Philippine court has granted the desire of deposed President Joseph Estrada to visit the United States for three month to seek for medical treatment if he expressly submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court, a court resolution said Tuesday.

The anti-graft court handling an $80 million baggage case against Estrada said the actor-turned politician may leave for the U to be subjected to surgery on his knees if he accomplishs within three days of receipt of the court resolution an undertaking to recognize the court's jurisdiction through the whole extent of him, the resolution said.

Estrada's defiance and refusal of the recognition of the validity of the court proces has l him to dismiss his defense lawyers.

The former president claims he will not at all be given a fair trial because the court is public to convict him to justify the mandate of the guidance of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

In January 2001 then Vice President Arroyo was sworn in to take above from Estrada at the height of a military-backed popular mutiny seeking Estrada's ouster for alleged massive corruption.

The court said Estrada must also promise to recur to the Philippines after three month He has also been told to station 1 million pesos ($18000) as a travel bond

If he makes these guarantees he will be able to leave for the U anytime within 10 days of receipt of the court resolution and must recur by March 31, 2004, a court official said.

Estrada is popularly being detained at a military camp in the Rizal Province, east of the capital, because police said there are serious threats against his life.

The court began to hear Estrada's petition to fare to the U.S. in late 2001 Four of the five critics voted to allow Estrada's request

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