Jinggoy Feels Upset
“I am very upset and deeply hurt over some of the comments made by him and his efforts to generate publicity over a supposed competition or rivalry between us at my expense,” Estrada said.
“I have never been a party to what others regard as a sibling rivalry nor considered our relationship as such. I believe that the nature of our tepid relationship is perhaps understandable considering our family’s circumstances.”
In releasing the statement, Sen Estrada attached the article of The Freeman titled, “JV sees sibling rivalry with Jinggoy may reach Senate.”
The article quoted Rep Ejercito as saying, “It’s going to be exciting. Some even say there’s going to be a check-and-balance in the Senate.”
Ejercito said that his brother misunderstood the story.
“He misunderstood the article. What I said was that we both already matured. We stopped fighting. I said the rivalry was an open book in the past. We love our father very much and we both decided to bury the hatchet,” Ejercito said in a phone interview.
“Maybe he didn’t read the article fully. The title was confusing.”
Ejercito denied that he made the statements as a publicity stunt for his senatorial bid. He, however, refused to discuss further the previous rivalry, saying it was an “open book.”