after leaving NPC, no longer run for presidency
Senator Francis 'Chiz' Escudero announced in a press conference held in Club Filipino Greenhills, San Juan last Tuesday that he was no longer joining the 2010 election.
"I decided not to run as a president.... marahil hindi ito ang tamang panahon sa atin" he said. Many of his supporters were saddened by the senator's decision like Bibeth Orteza - his loyal supporter. however, actress Susan Roces and daughter show their support for the senator.
The man from Sorsogon spent his political career since 1998 in the Nacionalist People's Coalition or NPC but last October 28, he announced his resignation at a press conference where the party believe that he would declare his intentions to be the party's standard bearer. he cited three reasons for doing so, first, a presidential candidate must not belong to any party like Lakas, LP, NP, NPC or other but must belong to the party where all his partymates are Filipino people. The president must not be chained his or her hand and foot to the party because doing so, he cannot resolve the nation's problem and lastly, he said that he's leaving his party to achieve what he wanted to do, not as a member of any party but only himself. In short, his three points simply means that a man running for president must not belong to a party because to belong in a party is to give up independence of action.
