Comelec: Without final conviction, Estrada can still run in 2028

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada may still run for public office in the 2028 elections until there is no final conviction on the plunder case he is facing, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday. Estrada, who was elected in 2022, will finish his six-year term as a senator in 2028. This is what Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia said when asked if Estrada can still run for office after the senator was arrested on Monday over a plunder case filed against him. The case is in connection with his allegedly receiving up to P573 million in kickbacks […]... Keep on reading: Comelec: Without final conviction, Estrada can still run in 2028