A pillar of the United Nationalist Alliance, former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada, did not show up at UNA’s launching as a political party in Makati City (Metro Manila) on Wednesday.

Estrada’s absence during the launch of the opposition party at the Makati Coliseum was seen to have raised questions on his support for the party’s standard-bearer, Vice President Jejomar Binay, in the race to Malacanang in the 2016 elections.

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