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San Juan city hall employee accuses Jinggoy Estrada of bullying

Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development Chairperson Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over a hybrid hearing on measures seeking to institutionalize policies for the protection and welfare of caregivers along with bills on proposed employment rights of military reservists. “The two clustered bills in our agenda today seek to give protection and ensure the welfare of two important sectors of our society, the caregivers and the reservists,” Estrada said in his opening speech Monday, December 12, 2022. Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate PRIB

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Izzy Lee

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San Juan City Hall employee Pia Gil has called Senator Jinggoy Estrada a &quot;bully,&quot; recounting a tense encounter between the two. Gil, who serves as a supervising and administrative officer under the Office of the Mayor, is the woman seen confronting Estrada in a now-viral video. &quot;Kahit saan mo tignan, bastos &#x27;yung ginawa niya sa &#x27;kin, bully eh,&quot; Gil said in a phone interview with ABS-CBN News. According to her, the incident took place on April 18 outside the San Juan Gym evacuation center. She claims that Estrada unexpectedly called out to her, and she had no idea why.<div> <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/23/jinggoy-estrada-speaks-up-on-san-juan-viral-video-1913" id="isPasted">Jinggoy Estrada speaks up on San Juan viral video </a></div> &quot;Basta nakatalikod ako then sumigaw siya sakin ng &#x27;Hoy, Pia Gil!&#x27; gumanun siya ng talagang sigaw, todo. So ako tinignan ko lang siya pero naglakad ako pa rin palayo kasi ayaw ko ng encounter with him, kasi nga alam ko bully siya,&quot; she said. (He yelled at me, &#x27;Hoy, Pia Gil!&#x27; at the top of his lungs,&quot; Gil said. &quot;I just glanced at him and kept walking because I didn&#x27;t want any confrontation with him, knowing he&#x27;s a bully.) Gil recounted trembling with fear, aware of Estrada&#x27;s powerful background and the presence of several men with him, but she steeled herself to confront the situation. Gil said Estrada accused her of blocking his staff from entering the evacuation center. &quot;Inaakusahan niya ako na kesyo hinaharang ko siya hinaharang ko raw mga to niya. Unang-una I was never inside the evacuation center hindi yun trabaho ko, trabaho ng CSWD yun,&quot; she said. (First of all, I was never inside the center. That&#x27;s not my job; it&#x27;s the responsibility of the CSWD.) <div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/23/jinggoy-estrada-addresses-backlash-to-handling-of-sandro-muhlach-gerald-santos-in-hearing-1337" id="isPasted">Jinggoy Estrada addresses backlash to handling of Sandro Muhlach, Gerald Santos in hearing </a></div> According to her, Estrada knows her previous role as a barangay captain. She added she was there in an official capacity to verify the list of families affected by a recent fire. She had received reports of individuals who were not fire victims gaining entry to the center. Gil further explained that Estrada arrived with several men, reportedly his staff, to gather data on the fire victims, which the social workers could not provide due to the Data Privacy Act. She said Estrada’s group arrived after 9 p.m., well past the center&#x27;s curfew, and did not present any identification or coordinate with the local government unit (LGU). By that time, visitors were being asked to leave, and lights were supposed to be off by 9:30 p.m. &quot;As a senator he should know that hindi yung para siyang siga...nalaman ko lang yung insidente before nung encounter namin na pinagsisigawan nya yung mga staff doon,&quot; she said. (As a senator, he should know better—he acted like a thug. I learned later that he had been shouting at the staff there before our encounter.) &quot;Nung pumasok siya dun wala rin siyang consideration sa privacy ng mga tao... yung kapatid nga niya na senador gumawa ng sulat sa LGU nakipacooordinate properly sa office. hindi yung magpapapunta ka ng kung sino sino sa evacuation center manghihingi ka ng data ng wala kang proof na tao niya yun,&quot; she added.<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/22/jinggoy-estrada-wins-appeal-in-direct-indirect-bribery-conviction-2043" id="isPasted">Jinggoy Estrada wins appeal in direct, indirect bribery conviction </a></div> Gil denied any political motivation behind the video and insisted that she and her team did not release it. &quot;Kung kami ang nagvideo nun di sana inilabas na namin yung kainitan ng nangyari. Marami pa rin silang supporters dun kaya matapang sila,&quot; she said. (They’re confident because they still have a lot of supporters there.) Estrada released a statement on Friday, and claimed that local officials obstructed his staff&#x27;s efforts to coordinate his assistance to fire victims, forcing him to intervene personally. Estrada said the video falsely portrays him as misusing his position and suggested its release was politically motivated.

San Juan City Hall employee Pia Gil has called Senator Jinggoy Estrada a "bully," recounting a tense encounter between the two.

San Juan City Hall employee Pia Gil has called Senator Jinggoy Estrada a "bully," recounting a tense encounter between the two.