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JV Ejercito leaves father Erap's party, takes oath as NPC member

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Sen <a href="https://twitter.com/jvejercito?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jvejercito</a> formally takes his oath before Senate President <a href="https://twitter.com/sotto_tito?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sotto_tito</a> as a new member of the Nationalist People’s Coalition <a href="https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ANCALERTS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DZMMTeleRadyo</a> <a href="https://t.co/NagCCxPVkI">pic.twitter.com/NagCCxPVkI</a>— sherrie ann torres (@sherieanntorres) <a href="https://twitter.com/sherieanntorres/status/1049852789189369856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>MANILA - Senator JV Ejercito took oath as a member of the Nationalist People&#x27;s Coalition (NPC) Wednesday, leaving his father&#x27;s political party Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.Ejercito, son of former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph &quot;Erap&quot; Estrada, formally took his oath before the party&#x27;s leader, Senate President Vicente &quot;Tito&quot; Sotto III, on Wednesday.Known to be seeking reelection in next year&#x27;s polls, Ejercito changed parties a day before the filing of certificates of candidacy is set to begin.Ejercito admitted that it also hurt him to leave his father&#x27;s party. He said he already asked his mother, San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez, to relay his decision to his father.In a previous <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/27/18/jv-ejercito-eyes-move-to-npc-leave-eraps-party" target="_blank">interview with ANC</a>, Ejercito said there were &quot;differences in principles&quot; between him and the other members of his father&#x27;s party.&quot;I still think of my principles that we are running not as representatives of our family. We are running as representatives of our people,&quot; he said.The Estrada family continues to have good ties with the NPC as Joseph Estrada ran for vice president alongside party president Eduardo &quot;Danding&quot; Cojuangco in the 1992 elections.Ejercito only ranked 17th in the recent Pulse Asia survey on preferred senatorial candidates, while his half-brother former Senator Jinggoy Estrada ranked 7th.Estrada is also known to be seeking a Senate comeback.The half brothers have been divided by a rift over Ejercito&#x27;s decision to sign a Senate committee report finding Estrada liable in the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund scam in May 2014.The latter was detained for three years before being allowed to <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/16/17/jinggoy-estrada-released-back-with-family" target="_blank">post bail</a> in September last year as he faced trial at the Sandiganbayan.Ejercito earlier expressed reservations about running for the Senate at the same time as his half-brother.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/24/18/jv-hopes-to-avoid-clash-with-jinggoy-in-2019-senate-race">JV hopes to avoid clash with Jinggoy in 2019 Senate race</a></li></ul>He earlier said not using his father&#x27;s screen name &quot;Estrada&quot; had hurt his poll ratings, adding that he would just have to work harder.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/24/18/jv-ejercito-drops-estrada-hopes-track-record-can-help-reelection-bid">Without ‘Estrada’ name recall, JV Ejercito counts on track record in reelection bid</a></li></ul><div>--with a report from Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News</div>

Senator JV Ejercito took oath as a member of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) Wednesday, leaving his father's political party Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.

Senator JV Ejercito took oath as a member of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) Wednesday, leaving his father's political party Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.