Press Release
October 28, 2009

CHIZ RESIGNS FROM NPC ; DEFERS ANNOUNCEMENT ON 2010 PLANS

Opposition Sen. Chiz Escudero yesterday bared his resignation from the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) even as he asked for more time to decide on his plans for the 2010 polls.

The 40-year old maverick politician, who has been a member of NPC since 1998, cited three reasons for the surprise announcement before a jampacked crowd of allies and supporters at the Club Filipino in Greenhills.

"Sa aking paniniwala, sinuman pong nagpaplano tumakbo bilang pangulo ng bansa, wala dapat partidong kinabibilangan. Ang partido lamang dapat niya ay PILIPINAS at ang kanyang mg kapartido ay lahat ng PILIPINO," Escudero said in a speech.

He pointed out only a only a united citizenry, and not a single party or group, can solve the many deep-seated problems of the country.

Escudero, the youngest among the presidential frontrunners, also said that political parties have become obstacles to genuine and meaningful change.

"Para po sa akin, hindi dapat idikta ng isang partido ang gagawin ng sinumang tatakbo. Dahil kung ganoon, papaano niya mapapanagot ang mga tiwali sa gobyerno kung ito ay kagrupo o kasama niya?" he said.

"Papaano niya i-aabolish ang pork barrel at i-institute and line item budgeting kung kasama niya ay puro kongresista at puro senador," Escudero asked.

The Bicol lawmaker also deferred announcement of his plans for the 2010 elections, saying that he needed more time to decide for himself what to do next now that he is his own man.

"This should be the first test of leadership of any putative candidate - for him to decide on his own and take full responsibility for the decision on whether not to run and what position to run for," he said.

"Nais kong patunayan sa inyo at sa aking sarili na ito ay ginagawa ko para sa tamang rason, hind para sa anumang interes. Hindi para sa maski sinumang tao. Kung hindi para sa inyo at para sa sambayanan."

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