Tag: Jinggoy Estrada

Jinggoy Estrada was one of them. Ejercito himself was charged with corruption when he was mayor. The 81-year old Erap himself started as a mayor, then became senator, vice-president, president and is now back to being mayor of Manila, where he is running for re-election. Junjun became mayor in 2010, and was serving a second term when he was dismissed from office for corruption in 2015. He announced he would run in 2019 and reclaim the mayorship – only to run into the opposition of sister Abby, who announced she would also run next year. Next year, three of President Rodrigo Duterte’s children will be running for office: daughter Sara will campaign to be re-elected mayor of Davao City, her younger brother Sebastian will run for vice-mayor, and her older brother for Congress. Dynasties almost always win elections. Political science professor Franco said “political dynasties make entry to politics very narrow” for new contenders. Years ago he declared “there is no such thing as an illegitimate child”. How the Binay and the Estrada families deal with the squabbling siblings, and whether the feuds will rupture the dynasties, is anybody’s guess.