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'2019 all over again': JV Ejercito says 80 pct sure of Senate bid opposite Jinggoy

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/05/09/20190509-jvjinggoy.jpg"/><figcaption>Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada raises the hand of his half-brother, Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito, at the miting de avance of regional party Hugpong ng Pagbabago on May 9, 2019. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Former Sen. JV Ejercito on Friday said voters may see a repeat of the 2019 campaign where he and his brother former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada both vied for a Senate post as he is already &quot;80 percent&quot; sure of running for senator in the 2022 national elections.Jinggoy and JV both failed to cinch a Senate seat in the 2019 midterm polls, with analysts saying that several voters were either confused about the 2 Ejercito-Estradas in the ballot or were turned off with the idea of having an Estrada dynasty in the legislative chamber.&quot;My brother has said he also intends to run so it will be 2019 all over again. It will be difficult,&quot; Ejercito told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.&quot;I&#x27;m more prudent but I am still fueled by my passion,&quot; he said.The younger son of former President Joseph &quot;Erap&quot; Estrada noted that during his 6-year service in the Senate, he sponsored the Universal Health Care Law and the establishment of the Department of Housing.&quot;I think I have a decent performance and I would like to continue my landmark laws that I passed, which are now on its implementation phase,&quot; he said.&quot;My track record was unblemished. Walang eskandalo (No scandals),&quot; he said.Ejercito did not mention particular cases, but his brother Jinggoy was embroiled in the pork barrel scam during the Aquino administration.Jinggoy, along with Sen. Ramon &quot;Bong&quot; Revilla Jr. and former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, were accused of pocketing public funds funneled through projects of ghost non-government agencies.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/10/19/jv-as-the-good-one-jinggoy-says-hes-the-better-one">JV as the ‘good one?’ Jinggoy says he’s the ‘better one’</a></li></ul><div>RIFT WITHIN EJERCITO-ESTRADA &#x27;TOO DEEP&#x27; </div>JV said he is giving himself until October to finalize his decision to make a Senate comeback, noting that he may &quot;just be wasting time money and effort by running together&quot; with Jinggoy.In 2019, JV landed on the 13th place, about 150,000 votes behind Sen. Nancy Binay who secured the last Senate spot. Jinggoy placed 15th on the senatorial elections.&quot;It&#x27;s almost impossible for 2 members of the family to win in any election, in any position,&quot; JV said.Despite their loss in 2019, the former senator said it was unlikely that Jinggoy would back out from his plans of vying for a Senate seat next year.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/07/21/jinggoy-wants-only-1-estrada-to-run-for-senator">Jinggoy wants only 1 Estrada to run for senator</a></li></ul>Before the 2019 elections, then-incumbent senator JV Ejercito appealed to Jinggoy not to run for the Senate so that he could have a higher chance of being reelected for a second consecutive term in the Senate.&quot;I was hoping that they would just let me continue so I could finish my work. Just one term would have been enough,&quot; he said.The rift &quot;has gotten so deep already&quot; after JV&#x27;s mother - former San Juan City Mayor Guia Gomez - was accused of not campaigning for Jinggoy&#x27;s daughter Janella, who ran for mayor in 2019.&quot;They accused her of not really supporting Janella, which was really impossible,&quot; JV said, noting that it was his mother who tapped his niece to be San Juan City vice mayor in 2016.&quot;She wanted to unify the family by doing the first move by getting Janella,&quot; he said.JV said his mother was unable to campaign for Janella in 2019 because she was helping out with his senatorial campaign.&quot;My mom said, &#x27;I have to campaign for my son. I hope you understand,&#x27;&quot; he said.The Estradas&#x27; reign in San Juan ended in 2019 after Francis Zamora, who hails from another political dynasty, defeated Jinggoy&#x27;s daughter for the mayoralty post.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/19/zamora-topples-estradas-50-year-rule-in-san-juan">Zamora topples Estradas&#x27; 50-year rule in San Juan</a></li></ul>&quot;After the elections, it was not only Francis Zamora who was hitting my mother who was then 77-years old,&quot; JV said.&quot;It&#x27;s very hard to trust [them] because my mother already showed her sincerity,&quot; he said.<div>ERAP &#x27;TOO WEAK&#x27; TO SETTLE FAMILY SQUABBLE</div>Former President Estrada, the clan&#x27;s 84-year old patriarch who recently survived COVID-19, is &quot;too weak&quot; to settle political squabbles within the clan, JV said.&quot;He is not the same anymore na strong personality, everybody would follow,&quot; he said.&quot;That is the problem: Who among us would lead if we decide to talk?&quot; he said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/13/21/joseph-estrada-erap-covid19-coronavirus-update">Erap now negative of COVID-19, condition improves - son</a></li></ul>Three months before the filing of candidacies, JV said he is &quot;just hoping for a miracle.&quot;&quot;There should only be one Estrada [in the ballot],&quot; he said.&quot;Although I am part of a political dynasty, I believe that nobody should be in monopoly be it economic or political,&quot; he said.&quot;We should give chance to others.&quot;<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1723580" width="100%"></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>

GIVE CHANCE TO OTHERS: Former Sen. JV Ejercito on Friday said voters may see a repeat of the 2019 campaign where he and his brother former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada both vied for a Senate post.

GIVE CHANCE TO OTHERS: Former Sen. JV Ejercito on Friday said voters may see a repeat of the 2019 campaign where he and his brother former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada both vied for a Senate post.