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Sympathy for Jinggoy: Estrada attributes high ranking to plunder incarceration

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/10/16/20181016-coc-jinggoy-estrada-jc-1_1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Former senator Jinggoy Estrada files his certificate of candidacy for the 2019 senatorial race on Tuesday, October 16, 2018<em>. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday attributed his high senatorial survey ranking to his incarceration in 2014 over his alleged involvement in the multi-billion peso pork barrel scam.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CWqXn7j7wsE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Estrada, who is out on bail, has placed in the top 12 of possible senatorial winners in pre-election surveys, half a year before the actual elections. </p><p>&quot;Siguro nagkaroon din ng simpatya yung taong-bayan sa pagkakulong namin,&quot; Estrada told reporters, referring to his colleagues - former Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon &quot;Bong&quot; Revilla Jr. - who were also expected to vie for a comeback in the legislative chamber.</p><p>Estrada, Enrile and Revilla allegedly diverted billions of public funds into their accounts by using bogus non-government organizations to implement projects funded by lawmakers&#x27; Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).</p><p>&quot;Ako&#x27;y napagkaisahan lang. Kami ni Senator Bong at ni Senator Enrile ay napagkaisahan lang noong nakaraang administrasyon,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Tingnan mo, unti-unti nang nalalaman ng mga tao na talagang pinagkaisahan kami, modesty aside, based on my showing in the surveys,&quot; he said.</p><p>Estrada said his track record as a lawmaker also helped in winning people&#x27;s confidence. &quot;Majority of the bills I filed are pro-poor bills. Marami tayong pinanukala na naging batas tulad ng Kasambahay Bill,&quot; he said.</p><p>The former senator <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/16/18/erap-accompanies-jinggoy-in-filing-coc">filed</a> his certificate of candidacy for senator with his wife Precy, and his parents former President and now Manila Mayor &quot;Erap&quot; Joseph Estrada and former Senator Loi Ejercito-Estrada.</p>

<p>MANILA - Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday attributed his high senatorial survey ranking to his incarceration in 2014 over his alleged involvement in the multi-billion peso pork barrel scam.</p>

MANILA - Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday attributed his high senatorial survey ranking to his incarceration in 2014 over his alleged involvement in the multi-billion peso pork barrel scam.

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Sympathy for Jinggoy: Estrada attributes high ranking to plunder incarceration

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 16, 2018 04:03 PM PHT

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