{"id":12930,"date":"2014-05-31T20:08:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T12:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=12930"},"modified":"2014-05-31T20:08:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T12:08:40","slug":"erap-visits-nephew-er-ejercito-in-laguna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/31\/erap-visits-nephew-er-ejercito-in-laguna\/","title":{"rendered":"Erap visits nephew ER Ejercito in Laguna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joseph Estrada \/ Photo from Joseph Estrada’s Official Facebook Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph \u201cErap\u201d Estrada visited his nephew, unseated Laguna governor ER Ejercito to convince him to leave the Laguna Provincial Capitol.<\/p>\n

Despite the Commission on Elections\u2019s (Comelec) unanimous vote to disqualify the Laguna governor for overspending during the 2013 elections, Ejercito remains at the provincial capitol.<\/p>\n

Estrada, during his visit, defended his nephew saying that Ejercito is being singled out by Comelec since there are also a lot of candidates who overspent during the election.<\/p>\n

Ejercito defied Comelec\u2019s order to leave his post and insisted to wait for a decision from the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Ejercito has earlier filed a temporary restraining order against the Comelec\u2019s order arguing that his right to due process was violated.<\/p>\n

According to the Comelec, Ejercito spent P23.5 million during the campaign, a figure that is far beyond the P4.5 million authorized campaign limit or only P3 each for 1,525,522 voters.<\/p>\n

Comelec records showed Ejercito spent P23.5 million during the campaign, way beyond his authorized campaign limit of P4.5 million or P3 each for each voter.<\/p>\n

Laguna Vice-Governor Ramil Hernandez of the Nacionalista Party was already sworn to office after Ejercito failed to get a halt order from the Supreme Court on the disqualification order.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has already served the unseated governor a writ of execution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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