MPs to summon Estrada's wife

MPs to summon Estrada's wife

MANILA (AFP): The wife of popular Philippine presidential candidate Joseph Estrada will be summoned by Congress as part of investigations into a million dollar investment scam, a congressman said yesterday.

Congressman Victorino Chavez, head of the House of Representatives committee on banks, said he would summon Loi Ejercito to a public hearing next week. The scam was allegedly initiated by Josephine German, the wife of one of Estrada's former top aides.

Vice President Estrada, who opinions polls place as the clear front-runner in the May 11 presidential elections, has denied any involvement in the scam and accused his rivals of giving a political color to the case.

Estrada, once one of the country's top movie stars, is the presidential candidate for the opposition Fight for the Philippine Masses (LAMMP) party.