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Call me 'Estrada': JV Ejercito to use pa's surname in COC filing

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/04/10/20161107-jv-ejercito-jr3.jpg"/><figcaption>Senator JV Ejercito. Junny Roy, ABS-CBN News/File photo</figcaption></figure></div> MANILA- Reelectionist Senator JV Ejercito is planning to include his father&#x27;s surname &quot;Estrada&quot; when he files his certificate of candidacy for senator for the 2019 elections.Ejercito, who admitted having problems with name recall, said he plans to use &quot;Estrada&quot; as a nickname.&quot;Isasama ko ang &#x27;Estrada.&#x27; Yung legal name Ejercito, Joseph Victor, nickname [is] JV Estrada,&quot; he told reporters Thursday.(I will include &#x27;Estrada.&#x27; My legal name will be Ejercito, Joseph Victor but my nickname is JV Estrada.)In the past, Ejercito said his father, former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph &quot;Erap&quot; Estrada, had also advised him to use &quot;Estrada&quot; for better recall.The reelectionist senator is facing a possible clash with his half-brother, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada in the upcoming midterm elections.The younger Estrada, who is out on bail for graft charges, performed better in a recent survey on preferred senatorial candidates.Estrada ranked 7th in the said Pulse Asia survey while Ejercito only ranked 17th.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/26/18/jinggoy-may-be-hurting-jvs-chances-of-reelection-pulse-asia">Jinggoy may be hurting JV&#x27;s chances for reelection: Pulse Asia</a></li></ul>Ejercito previously said he hopes that only of them will run for a Senate seat next year. Jinggoy, however, said their father has no problem with having both sons running for public office.<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>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/11/18/jinggoy-says-dad-erap-has-no-problem-if-he-jv-run-for-senate-in-2019">Jinggoy says dad Erap has no problem if he, JV run for Senate in 2019</a></li></ul>On Wednesday, Ejercito bolted his father&#x27;s political party Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino, and took oath as a member of the Nationalist People&#x27;s Coalition (NPC).<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/10/18/jv-ejercito-leaves-father-eraps-party-takes-oath-as-npc-member">JV Ejercito leaves father Erap&#x27;s party, takes oath as NPC member</a></li></ul><div>-report from Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News </div>

Ejercito, who admitted having problems with name recall, said he plans to use "Estrada" as a nickname.

Ejercito, who admitted having problems with name recall, said he plans to use "Estrada" as a nickname.