ER Ejercito is no longer the Mayor of Pagsanjan
Actor-turned-politician ER Ejercito was replaced as the Pagsanjan Mayor, and this was effected on December 2, 2025.
Ejercito came from a prominent showbiz clan, and just like other members of their clan, he also ventured into politics. The well-known “kontrabida” has been in the political arena for many years already.
His latest position was as the mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna. However, based on the article in PEP, Ejercito was already replaced last Monday, and this was confirmed on Tuesday, December 2.
Vice Mayor Jan Garcia replaced ER Ejercito as the mayor of Pagsanjan, while councilor Cocoy Fernandez became the current Vice Mayor.
“Wala po naman update at wala pang information mula sa heads namin,” a staff member from the Office of the Mayor said, adding that he/she is not the right person to speak about this matter.
When the showbiz news outlet asked for acting Mayor Garcia’s number, so that he could be asked about the issue, the staff member said, “Meron pong meeting ngayon dahil sa transition ng mga papeles kaya hindi po namin sila maaabala ngayon. Siguro, tawag na lang po kayo some other time.”
As of this writing, Ejercito has not yet released a statement regarding this issue. It was said that no one knows where the actor-politician is right now, and that what is on Ejercito’s Facebook posts are late posts, and this made people think that he is still he mayor of Pagsanjan.
According to PEP’s report, there was an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court First Division on November 7, 2025, against ER Ejercito, but he is nowhere to be found.
This had something to do with his alleged crime against the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act because of the contract he allegedly granted to First Rapid Care Ventures, a licensed insurance company that is owned by a certain Marilyn Bruel in 2008.
Allegedly, this did not go through a public bidding when Ejercito was serving as the mayor of Pagsanjan from July 2001 to June 2010.
In a decision released in March 2025 against Ejercito and Bruel, it was stated, “Guilty at indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of six years and one month as minimum to eight years as maximum with perpetual disqualification from holding public office.”
The actor-politician was also sentenced to “Perpetual disqualification from holding public office,” but he won as Pagsanjan Mayor in the 2025 midterm elections. His term was cut short after the arrest warrant was released.
The Sandiganbayan ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Philippine National Police, and the National Bureau of Investigation to arrest ER Ejercito anytime.