Deposed President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada remains a potent political force to reckon with in 2016, a Malacanang official said on Thursday.

Speaking to reporters a day after Estrada skipped the launch of the opposition United Nationalist Alliance as a political party, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the 78-year-old former leader had proven in the last two elections that he still has political clout.

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