{"id":73966,"date":"2016-04-10T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T13:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=73966"},"modified":"2025-01-14T21:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T02:19:13","slug":"escudero-will-not-steal-peoples-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/04\/10\/escudero-will-not-steal-peoples-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Escudero: &#8216;I will not steal people\u2019s money&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_70786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70786\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/894654_10153869220375610_6567194312770781681_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70786\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70786\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/894654_10153869220375610_6567194312770781681_o.jpg\" alt=\"If elected vice president, Escudero said he would make sure he goes to work early every day to get everything done, and that he will always advance the interest of the majority and not of the few. (Photo courtesy of Francis Escudero's official Facebook page)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/894654_10153869220375610_6567194312770781681_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/894654_10153869220375610_6567194312770781681_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/894654_10153869220375610_6567194312770781681_o-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/894654_10153869220375610_6567194312770781681_o-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If elected vice president, Escudero said he would make sure he goes to work early every day to get everything done, and that he will always advance the interest of the majority and not of the few.<br \/>(Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/senchizescudero\" target=\"_blank\">Francis Escudero&#8217;s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Independent presidential candidate Senator Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero has assured Filipinos that he will not steal from the public coffers and will serve everyone equally, whether one is a political ally or not, if given the chance to become the second highest official of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIpinapangako ko po na kailanman ay hindi ako magnanakaw dahil hindi ako ipinanganak at pinalaki ng aking mga magulang na magnakaw o maging magnanakaw,\u201d Escudero said in his opening statement during the first and only vice presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Escudero said the reason why he and his presidential running mate, Senator Grace Poe, chose white as their campaign color is to assure the people that government services and aid will be available and accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAng pinili naming kulay ni Senator Grace ay puti dahil ayaw naming lagyan ng kulay-pulitika ang paninilbihan na nais naming ibigay sa ating mga kababayan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy xifaxan online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/xifaxan.html\">newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/xifaxan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Dapat pantay, dapat parehas, dapat walang pinipili,\u201d Escudero said.<\/p>\n<p>The seasoned lawmaker said he wants to become vice president so he could serve the public, whether they voted for him or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIto\u2019y nagawa at ginawa na namin noon kung saan binigyan namin ng tulong ang bawat munisipyo at bawat ospital, regional o provincial man, nang hindi kinikilala kung kapartido man o hindi ang nakaupo; nang hindi kinikilala kung sumuporta man o bumoto ang mga nakaupo doon,\u201d said<\/p>\n<p>Escudero, the frontrunner in the vice presidential race based on all pre-elections surveys, added: \u201cDapat ganyan din po ang serbisyo publiko\u2014pantay at parehas\u2014walang pinipili, walang kinikilingan, walang tinitingnan, walang tinititigan, parehas ang pagtrato. At bilang inyong ikalawang pangulo, nais po naming dalhin ang liderato sa opisina ng pangalawang pangulo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If elected vice president, Escudero said he would make sure he goes to work early every day to get everything done, and that he will always advance the interest of the majority and not of the few.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBilang inyong ikalawang pangulo, nais po naming dalhin ang liderato sa opisina ng pangalawang pangulo, liderato kung saan gigising po at papasok ako ng maaga,\u201d Escudero told the crowd at the debate hosted by CNN Philippines in partnership with Rappler and BusinessMirror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUunahin ko palagi ang interes ng mas nakararami at hindi lamang ng iilan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy singulair online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html\">newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Tatapusin ko palagi ang takdang tungkulin sa bawat araw na ibibigay sa akin para pagsilbihan kayo,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy periactin online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html\">newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Escudero rebutted Congresswoman Leni Robredo\u2019s accusation that the Senate version of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill was &#8220;demand driven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI just want to clarify. I\u2019m the primary author of FOI bill in the Senate and Senator Grace Poe is the sponsor. It is not true that it was a demand-driven. In fact, in our version, all transactions should be posted on internet,\u201d Escudero explained.<\/p>\n<p>Escudero said also part of the corruption is the use of the position to push their personal interest and it should be stopped out of &#8220;delicadeza.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Independent presidential candidate Senator Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero has assured Filipinos that he will not steal from the public coffers and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[2893,4639,10122,10118,10119],"class_list":["post-73966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-chiz-escudero","tag-debate","tag-francis-escudero","tag-pilipinas-debate","tag-vice-presidential-debate","mauthors-jelly-f-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284409,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73966\/revisions\/284409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}