Manila, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero has given his support behind Partido ng Masang Pilipino’s vice presidential candidate Makati Mayor Jejomar “Jojo” Binay, but apparently will not back the party’s standard bearer,former President Joseph Estrada.
In an interview with Inquirer, the vice presidentiable confirmed that Escudero was joining his campaign, but noted however that it was “not a package deal”. This meant that Escudero made no commitment to support Estrada.
Sources have been telling that Escudero is to support presidentiable Noynoy Aquino, and Binay responds to this as precisely the reason why his party has yet to decide on Escudero’s actual campaign role. Supporting another presidentiable might eat up most of his time. Binay haas considered Escudero a great asset to his campaign team.
Escudero and Binay were part of Poe’s campaign team in 2004 as spokesperson and campaign manager, respectively.