MANILA – A Liberal Party official confirmed on Sunday that Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero did meet with LP standard bearer Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to discuss his plans for the 2010 elections.Quezon 4th district Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III, LP spokesperson, said the meeting took place after Escudero left the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).
Escudero has been keeping the public guessing about his political plans for next year. Tañada, however, expressed confidence that the LP will get the senator's support.
Escudero was the presumptive standard bearer of the NPC for the 2010 polls, but he quit the party last month allegedly due to lack of campaign funds. (Read: Lack of funds from Danding prompted Chiz to quit NPC?)
He was statistically tied in third place with former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada in the latest presidential polls of Pulse Asia. 13% of the survey’s respondents said they preferred Escudero while 11% said they supported Estrada.
The two, however, were far from Aquino’s 44% survey result– a 25% margin over Nacionalista Party’s standard bearer Sen. Manny Villar’s 19%.
Escudero has also been reportedly considering a vice presidential bid.
Last week, it was reported that the Escudero and Aquino met purportedly to discuss their plans for the 2010 elections. However, Escudero had said that he and Aquino did not talk about politics.
Asked if he abandoned his presidential bid and agreed to support Aquino's, Escudero earlier said in a text message: "No. (I) have not yet decided regarding 2010."
Aquino, for his part, previously clarified that he and Escudero only wanted to catch up with each other "since we have not talked for a long time."
"We only touched base. We talked about our individual situations and where we are now," Aquino said in a phone interview. With a report from Cecille Lardizabal, ABS-CBN News
as of 11/22/2009 5:53 PM
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/22/09/lp-spokesman-confirms-noynoy-chiz-meeting
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