The first time I met with Chiz Escudero was in August 2009. There was a bloggers Meet and Greet Chiz Escudero event. I asked him straight out during that first meet & greet, if he was running for the presidency.Without hesitation, Chiz Escudero answered, “yesâ€.
At the time, I was quite impressed at how determined he was & how confident he was that he can lead the change for our Philippines.
We all know what has happened since then:
- Cory died.
- Mar Roxas dropped out of the race, and
- Noynoy Aquino is now the Liberal Party’s candidate.
Then all of a sudden, Chiz Escudero quit his party, the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Like a lot of people, like many of his supporters, I was confused.
So last Saturday (November 7), I attended a bloggers’ meeting with Chiz Escudero at Annabel’s in Quezon City. I was excited to go as I had sooooooo many questions to ask Chiz about his plans on the presidency.
I was expecting to get a concrete answer. To be honest, I was surprised. Last Saturday, I saw a different Chiz from the one who met bloggers last August. I’m not sure if he was acting or if he is just confused at the moment. It wasn’t the same Chiz I got to admire during the first meet.
When I asked him the same question I did during the first meet and greet, about his plans to run, the answer I got was unfortunately, “not sure yet.â€
Chiz Escudero said that he doesn’t know and will still need to decide. He mentioned he’ll decide on November 15 and will share with us his decision come December 1.
What changed?
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References:
- Videos – http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2EEF90DBF9056655
- Pictures – http://www.flickr.com/photos/rochellesychua/sets/72157622628435257/
Running for Presidency and losing in the elections is a means to get rich quick legally. By losing you need not repay contributors. Miriam did it in 1992 and Ping Lacson did it in 2004. Chiz is just pondering whether to venture now or later. His body language says more than his words.
this is also one way of looking at it. hopefully, that's not the case.
let's see.
hahaha just like what Sen. Noynoy said his running for candidacy is still undecided. But I like either Sen. Miriam or Ping Lacson to run for presidency.
In my point of view if this is the attitude what more if they become a president hayz.. 🙁
to each his own 🙂 I also like Lacson.
Well its all about the money, campaigning is not about winnability but more importantly about the money. It seemed that his benefactor Danding Cojuangco is not whole heartedly supporting him anymore even if Chiz is danding's party official candidate. Danding being a shrewd businessman will always side with a potential winner. At this time that possible candidate is noynoy. There are reports that danding is also turning cold towards his nephew Gibo in favor of noynoy. Therefore chiz without getting enuf campaign funds from his boss danding, then there is no point in pursuing the presidency. Si ankol pala ito hehehe.
Hi Ankol. Great observation. I guess we just have to wait for Chiz to finally decide before we can confirm our suspicions/observations 🙂