as far as i know, he was about to run for presidential race, but he didnt, he make use instead the popularity of noynoy aquino. in other words, functional or bandwagon kaau cya for me, he even left his party, that left loren no choice to join manny villar's party.
i found evil on him, no wonder he backed noynoy campaigns, made ads for noynoy. you know why? cause he's trying to get the support of noynoy in the future or the votes that noynoy gets in the last election. i can say its a smart move but, i find evil in there. but thats politics in the philippines, most are balimbing and functional.
i forgot the issue that i really find him peke, that was so like 2 or last year ago, maybe i can recall it soon. all i know he's just pa pogi on tv..
heres some of his amazing statements.
“sino mang tumatakbo, o tatakbo o magiging pangulo ng ating bansa, hindi po pwedeng nakakadena ang kamay at paa sa partido (whoever is running for president, his hands and feet cannot be chained to a party).”
Para po sa akin, hindi dapat idikta ng isang partido ang gagawin ng sino mang tatakbo. Dahil kung ganoon, paano niya mapapanagot ang mga tiwali sa gobyerno kung ito ay kagrupo o kasama niya.” (As for me, the party should not dictate what the presidential candidate should do. If that is the case, how can he as president make the crooks in government accountable if some of these are his partymates.)
man he is eating his words.
Don’t you sense duplicity in that statement? First of all, if Escudero thinks that there are crooks in the NPC who are involved in the anomalies in the present government, then how come he did not leave the party earlier, denounce these crooks and formally join the Opposition? Or form a new Opposition party if he is uncomfortable with the other Opposition parties? If Escudero is indeed that righteous, why is he suggesting only now that he was in the company of crooks in the NPC?
He could have made a clean break from the NPC when he ran for Senator in 2007 as an Opposition candidate but he did not. Kiko Pangilinan made that transition, ran as an independent and won. So, why did Escudero avail of NPC support in 2007 while banking on the favorable public sentiment for the Opposition? Is that not what opportunism is all about?