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.
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.
📸: PEP
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.
“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.”
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.
Photo Courtesy of Bandera
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.