Estrada files 4 counts of perjury vs accuser
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday filed four counts of perjury against former Bulacan assistant district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office over claims that he earned millions of pesos in kickbacks from flood control projects.
Estrada personally filed the complaint against Hernandez, accusing him of perjuring himself during hearings conducted by the House infrastructure committee and the Senate blue ribbon committee.
“So there are four counts, one regarding the alleged 30 percent kickback of Senator Estrada as to the anomalous flood control projects, the second is with regard to Beng Ramos being an alleged staff of Senator Estrada,” the senator’s lawyer, Bianca Soriano, said in an ambush interview after the filing.
“Third is with respect to the fake-issued ID at Okada Manila and other casinos, and fourth is with respect to Brice Hernandez’s statement that he was not involved in the anomalous projects,” she added.
Estrada again defended himself against allegations made by Hernandez, calling him a “habitual liar.”
“He testified in the House that he is not involved in the flood control projects, but in the Senate, he turned out to be the mastermind,” the senator said.
Hernandez claimed in a House hearing on Sept. 8 that Estrada inserted P355 million worth of flood control projects in the 2025 national budget, adding that the senator received 30 percent of the total amount as kickback.
