| 13 July 2010
(Below is a forwarded email I received recently. Judge for yourself the veracity of its author's claims. Please read PJI's response, "Who can the Filipinos Turn to?".
Obsession
His hunger for power is insatiable. Walang kabusugan. As soon as he was supported by friends, allies, financiers, and his own party, his stardom in the political world zoomed to admirable proportions. His ratings and potential for a higher position in office was considerable.
And then the problem started.
Chiz Escudero, unbeknownst to his allies, is obsessed with the Presidency of the Philippines. Not even 40 years old he was audacious enough to declare to everyone that he wasn't "just for the Vice Presidency in 2010. He was, he says, "fit for the Presidency". "I want to be the President!" he told his allies. His obsession and "kahambugan, kayabangang sobra " turned off most of his supporters.
They all told him it was "too soon!" He demanded for P5 Billion from NPC Boss Danding Cojuangco to campaign for President but the old and wise strongman declined thinking Chiz to be "masyadong presumido. Nagmamadali!".
But Chiz did not want to listen.
The grapevine says that one of Erap's children has told the story about when Chiz and Erap were inexplotatory talks on forming a tandem for this 2010 election, Erap became enraged at Chiz's suggestion that maybe the former president should just be his vice-president and not the other way around! Again, masyadong presumido,kahambugan, kayabangang sobra! Nagmamadali!
But again Chiz did not want to listen.
Traitor to His Party
And then Chiz Escudero decided to bite that hand that fed him all his political life. He turned against his own home party, the NPC, and badmouthed its leadership, namely, Danding Cojuangco. Everyone at the NPC called Chiz Escudero "the ungrateful bastard". Escudero became political laughing stock. He went on television and radio and started yacking furious like a woman scorned. But to no avail. Escudero was a has been even before he became.
Betrayed His Wife and Family
Dwindling into political oblivion, the limelight seeking Chiz Escudero could not stand the fact that he lost his "chance" at being President this year. He could not stand being away from the limelight, "walang papel, basa ang papel", said his former political allies and friends.
Chiz Escudero, the drunkard, started drinking and womanizing. Rumors say he was screwing a Brazilian model. It could have been any woman. And, certainly, this was not the first time he cheated on his wife who had just bore him twins. Fact is, his wife Christine left Chiz Escudero and their home in Quezon City bringing with her their twin children, because of her husband's infidelity. These are the issues that cost even American Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, their reputation and jobs in government. Infidelity and morality in general are very, very serious issues in First World governance.
And why should it not be? If a man cannot be loyal to his mentors and party and could not be faithful to a wife with two small children; how can he be expected to be true to any of his word? How can Chiz Escudero be trusted to be in any public office?
Traitor to his Friends He betrayed his mentors, political party, his family. How could Chiz Escudero ever be trusted as friend and ally? Anyone in Chiz's close circle will tell you that his truest colors come out when he drinks. In 2007, when Escudero ran for the Senate, Mar Roxas was one of the first he asked help from and Mar helped him without question. If not just financially, Mar carried Chiz in all of his Visayan bailiwicks.
But so soon after getting help from Roxas, Escudero was quoted by people in his drunken company as having bad mouthed Mar to everyone. Actually, Chiz badmouths almost everyone. There are proofs to show and which may soon enough surface that Chiz often badmouths Noynoy Aquino whose friendship Chiz conveniently invokes all the time these days. "Friendship" means being smoking buddies during Senate break time and nothing much more. For if they really are "friends" why does Chiz belittle Noynoy in many of his conversations to people he also thought wouldn't repeat the same?
Chiz spews venom at every instance. He is a walking black propaganda machine even to those who have been generous allies and decent colleague like Noy Aquino and Mar Roxas.
Still Obsessed
While losing almost all financial and political support, CHiz Escudero is desperate ---to put it mildly. He is still obsessed with being President in 2016. So what does he do? He targets his closest rival to succession. He targets Mar Roxas --- who enjoys a solid voter base, No. 1 Senator of all time, emerging closest political confidante of Noy Aquino and heir apparent should Roxas win the Vice Presidency. So what does the obsessive and evil Chiz do? He transplants his media team and close friends into the Noynoy Aquino campaign. All the while they pledge loyalty only to Noynoy. This should be fine by morally lenient standards. What is scandalously unacceptable is that he, they all lied to Noynoy and Mar that they were "not undermining Mar". Chiz's Media Queen Bee Maria Montelibano (Kamag-Anak, Inc.) even went as far as to blatantly lie and say her team is "supportive to Noy-Mar"!
While riding on the strategy, machinery and network of Mar Roxas who selflessly and tirelessly worked and fought tooth and nail against Villar for Noynoy Aquino's Presidency, the Chiz Team inside Noy's camp campaigned for Jojo Binay. They put up streamers for Noy-Bi or only Binay behind Noynoy-s back. At this time, Mar was too busy holding up Noy's campaign because Serge Osmena suddenly left the campaign management and no one else but Mar could help. Mar was also trying his darnest bringing up Noy's numbers which fell from 60% down to 27% ---in dead heat with rival Manny Villar. Mar didn't see how far Chiz and the Kamag-Anak Inc. had gone.
And while his spy team was killing Mar, Chiz stabs Mar right in his face by doing a Noy-Binay TV ad something that had never before been done by anyone. Of course, in unscrupulousness and absence of ethics or morality, Chiz Escudero is the true trailblazer.
Birds of the Same Feather
A former congressman once told of Chiz Escudero's exploits in Congress right before the sly and wicked President-wannabe took the opportunity to look like "opposition". This congressman said that when the issue of rice cartels were being pushed in Congress, Escudero told him that he should stop beating and hitting on the cartel because the cartel "belongs to First Gentleman Mike Arroyo". Yes, an operator and trapo this Escudero truly is. So young yet so corrupt. Of course, when it was opportune, Escudero went against Gloria Arroyo for impeachment.
With a track record like his, as it had unfolded the past year, who is now to believe that Escudero is for this country and not himself?
He was never truly in the company of the untarnished. For his own purposes to bring down Mar Roxas' chances with the Aquino administration and because Roxas is the biggest threat to Chiz's undying ambition to be President now in 2016, Escudero endorses one of the most corrupt local officials of all time, the Most Corrupt Mayor of Metromanila history, Jejomar Binay to tandem with Noynoy and undermine Mar even to the Aquino support base.
Firsthand sources narrate how Binay overpriced an 18 Million Peso project to 40 Million before it was approved. One can only imagine how many contracts he bloated over the so many years he and his family has been in power in Makati. Billions by now have surely been stolen by the Binays from the Makati taxpayers. Binay is one of the wealthiest people in the country and his wealth in unexplained. His pretenses to be generous to the poor by way of free birthday cakes to the elderly or free funeral services masks his many, many crimes, not many of the poor in Makati know that these cakes are overpriced by 1,500 each when they should only be costing P300/each. Lo and behold, the owner of the bakeshop supplier is his own daughter.
The funeral services, surely overpriced, is also owned by a Binay family member. For the longest time, Cory Aquino was blinded by "loyalty" from Binay. She, as many of the Cojuangcos and Aquinos still deny, that Binay has been usurping the image of Cory Aquino and wears yellow to launder his image from his unimaginable corruption.
And Chiz Escudero is exactly the same. He used Noynoy Aquino and invoked friendship to pretend to be for the cause of reform , when all he really wants is to kill Mar Roxas, his biggest threat in 2016.
THE FUTURE
Honor? Integrity? True opposition? Country before self? How can a TRAITOR of the First Order like Chiz Escudero even be considered for humanity much less be considered to lead this poor, battered, deceived and ignorant country? He is loyal only to himself. He bites the hand of the one who feeds him. His motives are selfish. He cheats on his wife and children. He lies to his close friends. He is hated by those who helped him along the way and whom he turned his back on when it suited his purpose. He is divisive. He is uncouth, unethical and immoral.
He masks his ill-intentions with a glib tongue --- the same tongue that reviles those true to him and therefore reveals his true, inner evil, insecure and corrupted self that is slowly but surely surfacing thinly beneath his glib and confident exterior.
Right now Escudero is trying hard to make inroads within the Aquino Cabinet. Chiz is currently lobbying for the appointment of another corrupted close friend of his, Atty. Jojo Ochoa, to be Noynoy's Executive Secretary (The Little President). Escudero will stop at nothing to seek influence and power to strengthen him for his reelection in 2013 and for the Presidency in 2016. It will not be surprising to see Esc udero try to mend his soured relationships with all those he defiled and betrayed:
Danding Cojuangco through his son and heirs-apparent Mark and Charlie Cojuangco, whose name and party Chiz tried to bring down ("binaboyniya ang pangalan ni Danding pati ng partido ng NPC dahil lang sa ambisyon niya", said an NPC congressman), but who Chiz may need for political machinery again when he runs in 2013.
Manny Villar, to whom Chiz said no way sa mga magnanakaw", but who Chiz may need for muscle and money in 2013.
Joseph Estrada and his sons Jinggoy and JV whom he severely, even fatally undermined by breaking up the Erap-Binay tandem for a Noynoy-Binay endorsement ("walang utang na loob, tinulungan naming siya noong nagsisimula palang siya tapos ganyan ang gagawin niya sa Dad namin?" JV Ejercito said in an interview), but whose Estrada magic clout still proven potent nationwide Chiz may again need for a Presidential bid. Hindi na tayo magtataka.
These are facts. Why write about this now? So that the truth be known about Chiz Escudero. Nakakabola pa siya,nagpapanggap pa rin. Sa pagwawalanghiya niya, nagwawagi ang ilang plano niya. Pero buko na siya. Are we, are you still going to believe a word that comes out of this asshole's mouth? Just because he looks like Bamboo?!! Give this country a break. Give this country a rest from young trapos and treacherous public servants.
NO WAY TO CHIZ ESCUDERO. NO WAY!
We encourage you to pass this along so that Chiz Escudero's voter base among the youth would KNOW what this person is truly all about before it is too late!
PLEASE READ PJI's RESPONSE _ "WHO CAN THE FILIPINOS TURN TO?"
Comments
now i know.
I hope you realise that it is not enough to just vent your disgust or anger about some of our politicians.
After P-Noy's presidency, Chiz or Binay might run for president and win! GOD HELP US!
Do something now. Join us. Only a JURY SYSTEM can deter politicians from committing graft and corruption against a powerless people.
Please pass this website on to your friends and relations. By doing so, your campaign for a better Philippines would have begun.
He probably thinks that speaking in pure Tagalog earns him points, but I am a pure Tagalog and still his speeches somehow don't connect with me.
Now I know why! It's all ego. All planned, all an act. Too bad I don't vote in the Philippines, but my opinions of him have a basis after all!!!
"The grapevine says that.."-Is it even enough to base your theories on such sources??Think again please...
What is wrong with expressing that He wants to be the President...Looking at it in its deeper sense, I can say that he is even very brave to be outrightly expressing his desire to serve the Filipino people even if the consequence of it is attracting a lot of detrators who are probably supporters of other politicians or just pessimistic people...
"Where there is smoke, there is fire."
This forwarded email was sent to me in 2010 before the 2010 elections. Frankly, I admired Chiz Escudero and thought that he would have been an excellent President. However, we have to be discerning when it comes to choosing our leaders since we have failed time and time again. Expressing desire to serve and actually serving well for the good of the people and the country are two different things. Most of our ex-presidents promised to clean up our government of corruption, none succeeded except for PNoy who seem to be keeping his promise and seem to be succeeding. This is why we urge every concerned citizen to sign our Online Petition. If you really want a better Philippines, help us with our campaign to amend our judicial system. Otherwise,a leader who is charismatic and good with words but not action will be corrupted as usual by our existing system. I asked the readers to judge the veracity of this forwarded email. You need not do a close investigation. BE DISCERNING. Just open wide your eyes and ears. If Chiz is a deserving leader, he will bounce back despite this article.
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