PNA: MANILA, May 9 (PNA) -– In a bid to meet the one-year residency requirement for an election candidate, former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada moved on Wednesday from his long-time San Juan house to his new residence in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
Sporting an orange jacket, the former leader personally drove a modified jeep from his North Greenhills residence to Manila house at around 10 a.m. He was accompanied by his wife former First Lady Luisa Ejercito and Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno.
According to report, Estrada has confirmed that he is running for mayor of Manila in the 2013 elections with Moreno as his running mate. Both Estrada and Moreno were born in Tondo, Manila.
As expected, Estrada’s supporters had gathered near his new residence to welcome the former president.
Meanwhile, Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile said the decision of Estrada to move to his Manila residence has a purpose.
”Anyone will not spent such huge money to transfer residency if he has no purpose. That’s common sense. That’s my opinion,” said Enrile.
”If I am in the place of Estrada, why not run if I want to run. He is the former president who was elected also by the people of Manila,” he added.
Both Estrada and Enrile are members of the political party Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) which recently formed alliance with Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan or PDP-Laban of Vice President Jojomar Binay under United Nationalists Alliance or UNA.
Estrada, 75, used his popularity as an actor for political gains that made him mayor of San Juan, senator, vice president and eventually president. (PNA)
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