MANILA - Joseph Estrada stared at the big screen in his San Juan City living room on Thursday, rewatching a video summarizing his colorful 50-year political career.
Estrada sought comfort in his latest 20-minute, self-congratulatory production, more than 2 months after he and his family suffered a crushing defeat in the May midterm elections.
Estrada, 82, said he was not leaving politics yet and was in fact waiting for the next opportunity to regain his seat. He said he had no intention of selling his vast Sta. Mesa property and its one-story house that he bought in 2012 precisely to meet the electoral residency requirement in Manila. Election analysts believe the fall of the Estradas was also their own doing, spreading their candidates too thin, political greed seemingly getting the better of them.
One family member made it as a councilor in San Juan, which is now controlled by the Zamoras, former supporters of the Estradas who first sought to unseat them in 2016.
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