JV Ejercito: Is the government out to get the Senate minority?

Senator JV Ejercito wants to know why the Aquino administration seems to be targeting the members of the Senate minority.

Out of the six senators in the minority bloc, Ejercito pointed out that two members — Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Jinggoy Estrada — have been charged with graft and plunder while he is himself being investigated for alleged overspending during the last elections.

"Sana nga coincidence lang at sana naman hindi totoo ito, pero mukhang 'pag naubos ang Ejercito clan at kami sa minority, eh wala nang maiiwang oposisyon," he noted in a "24 Oras" report aired Sunday.

Although Ejercito and Estrada are brothers, relations between them have been strained, especially after Ejercito signed a Senate committee report that recommended plunder charges against Senators Enrile, Estrada, and Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. over the so-called pork barrel scam.

He has since explained that he signed "with reservations" because he felt the Senate investigation into the scam was incomplete. — Rouchelle R. Dinglasan/JDS, GMA News