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‘I’ve made mistakes, corruption is not one of them’– Jinggoy Estrada

Published by Ellen on May 19, 2019

Pres. Duterte greets former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada who is free on bail for his pending plunder charges. Birthday of former President Joseph Estrada in April 2017.

Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who failed in his bid to return to the Senate in the just- concluded elections, called me up yesterday complaining of my description of him as “corruption-tainted.”

Accusing me of being “mean”, Estrada said, “I’ve committed mistakes, corruption is not one of them.”

He reminded me that he was cleared by the court of the charges of plunder and graft.

I didn’t have time to clarify with him which case he was referring to.

In 2001, immediately after his father , President Estrada, was ousted, both father and son were charged with plunder in connection with the multi million collection from jueteng, an illegal numbers game, and other anomalies. He was acquitted by the Sandiganbayan but his father was convicted. The older Estrada was pardoned by then President Gloria Arroyo which paved the way for his running for president again in 2010 and Manila mayor in 2016.

Erap endorsement expected to get Mindanao for Poe

Published by Ellen on March 30, 2016

Grace Poe and Col. Ariel Querubin (ret), who she said she will appoint crime czar if she wins presidency.

It was almost midnight when Sen. Grace Poe made it to retired Col. Ariel Querubin’s birthday at the Clubhouse at Camp Aguinaldo last Monday. But she looked happy and energized.

She told the remaining few guests that she came from the proclamation rally of former President Joseph Estrada, who is running for re-election as Manila City mayor, at Plaza Miranda.

She related that Estrada called her up the night before to tell her that he had decided to endorse her.

At the Plaza Miranda rally, Estrada told the cheering crowd, “Mga kasama, mga kaibigan, palakpakan po natin ang aking inaanak, ang susunod na pangulo ng Pilipinas, walang iba kundi si Grace Poe.”

Will Erap carry the torch for UNA if Binay withdraws?

Published by Ellen on June 1, 2015

Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, 2014 photo.

There are those who believe that if Vice President Jejomar Binay does not push through with his announced presidential bid in 2016, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada will carry the opposition torch.

I seriously doubt it.

And it all boils down to money- at least P10 billion needed to finance a presidential campaign.

Although Binay is putting up a brave front, the freezing of his bank accounts as ordered by the Court of Appeals has the effect of paralyzing his campaign.

Mag-endorso na lang si Erap

Published by Ellen on April 28, 2012

Estrada on the campaign trail — Estrada during the 2010 campaign with running mate Jojo Binay

Mabuti naman kung hindi na nga itutuloy ni dating Pangulong Estrada ang kanyang balak na tumakbo sa pagka-mayor ng Manila.

Mas makakatulong si Estrada sa bayan kung gamitin niya ang kanyang popularity para mag-endorso at tumulong sa mga batang pulitiko na sa akala niya may kakayahan at may puso na magserbisyo sa bayan.

Sinabi sa newspaper report na balak daw niya i-endorso si Manila Vice mayor Isko Moreno para mayor . Dati kasi kinikuha niya si Moreno para magiging vice mayor niya.

Kahit daw ang kanyang mga anak, si Sen. Jinggoy Estrada at si San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito ay hindi masyadong boto sa pagtakbo ng tatay nila bilang mayor ng Manila.

Queenmaker, kingmaker?

Published by Ellen on September 24, 2008

by Lito Banayo
Malaya

After Joseph Ejercito Estrada was all but sworn in as the 13th president of the Philippines, his announced Executive Secretary, Ronaldo B. Zamora, instructed Elmer Mercado, Jimmy Policarpio and myself, among others I presume, to start working for the election of Joker Arroyo, the congressman of the first district of Makati, as speaker of the House of Representatives. This was a campaign commitment, as soft of course as political commitments go, made by then candidate Erap to Joker.

At about the same time, Mrs. Cynthia Villar of the landowning Aguilar clan of Las Piñas and Muntinglupa suddenly became a regular fixture at the incoming president’s Polk address in North Greenhills. Her husband Manuel was elected virtually unopposed for his third term as representative of Las Piñas, the family fiefdom. Villar openly supported Jose de Venecia of his party Lakas for president. Of course Erap swept all of Metro Manila including Las Piñas, but that was no thanks to the Aguilar-Villar clan. Erap maintained that Nene Aguilar “secretly” supported him, but then, even if the latter did not, all of Luzon except Pangasinan was swept by Erap. Surely the residents of the fiefdom of Las Piñas are not the unthinking robots of their landowners.

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‘I’ve made mistakes, corruption is not one of them’– Jinggoy Estrada

Erap endorsement expected to get Mindanao for Poe

Will Erap carry the torch for UNA if Binay withdraws?

Mag-endorso na lang si Erap

Queenmaker, kingmaker?