Chiz Escudero declares VP bid as Poe running mate

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero accepted the “challenge” to be the running mate of declared presidential aspirant Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, September 17, reiterating that they would remain without a political party. He said a Poe-Escudero tandem will establish a “Gobyernong may Puso” (Government with a Heart), a play on the his standard-bearer’s initials. At Thursday morning’s event, Escudero ended his speech the same way Poe did when she declared her presidential bid the day before, September 16: “Ako si Chiz Escudero. Buong pagpapakumbaba ko pong inaalay ang aking sarili bilang inyong ikalawang pangulo.” (I am Chiz Escudero. I humbly offer myself as your vice president.) 

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