Sen. Jinggoy Estrada will file perjury charges against former Department of Public Works and Highways – Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez after the latter linked the senator to the anomalous infrastructure projects.
Estrada’s office made the announcement in an advisory released Monday, saying that the senator would lodge the charges against Hernandez before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Oct. 7.
Last month, Hernandez linked Estrada to the questionable infrastructure projects.
Contrary to the statements of Senator Rodante Marcoleta during the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on September 8, Hernandez said that Estrada is ‘not safe’ from allegations linked to the projects.
‘Senator [Rodante] Marcoleta said yesterday, ‘You are safe.’ This is not true. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, Sen. Joel Villanueva, [DPWH] Undersecretary Robert Bernardo, and DE [district engineer] Alcantara. Senator Jinggoy laid out P355 million in 2025 for some projects in Bulacan,’ Hernandez said in Filipino.
In response, Estrada said he would file charges against Hernandez as he denied the allegations and described them as ‘kathang-isip at gawa-gawa’ (imaginary and made-up).
Estrada likewise reiterated his call for a lie-detector test with Hernandez to determine who among the two of them is telling the truth.
Estrada said the allegation that he secured P355 million in infrastructure deals in Bulacan was unfounded, as any line item from the General Appropriations Act could be linked to any senator.