She entered the political scene as part of a broader trend of celebrities seeking local and national government positions.
[6][10][5] According to her husband, E. R. Ejercito, she was supposed to run for vice mayor of Pagsanjan in 2025, but did not file her candidacy while hospitalized due to endometrial cancer.
According to her husband, E. R. Ejercito, her condition may have been triggered by stress after he was unseated as Laguna governor in 2014 due to alleged overspending during the campaign for the 2013 midterm elections.
However, she was later diagnosed with stage 4 endometrial cancer in 2023, which Ejercito believed was exacerbated by the stress caused by her unsuccessful 2022 run for Pagsanjan mayor.
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