Press Release
May 12, 2009

CHIZ BACKS PROBE INTO CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS VS ARROYO

Opposition Sen. Chiz Escudero says he will support an investigation into the corruption allegations against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her family if he becomes president.

"When I was minority leader in the House of Representatives, we tried twice to hold President Arroyo accountable for allegations raised in the impeachment complaints," he said during the ANC Leadership Forum last Monday.

"My position then was the people must know the truth and that the wheels of justice should spare no one, not even the President," said Escudero who was among five presidentiables who accepted the invitation to the forum.

The 39-year old lawyer-politician, a member of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), has said he will announce his decision to run for the presidency when he turns 40 on October 10.

Asked what he thought was Arroyo's positive contribution to the country, Escudero described her as a negative example for she aroused the people's love of country because of the flagrant violations of the law and the abuses of her administration.

"She has so angered Filipinos that they are now seriously looking at whom to choose as our next leader, and to actively participate in the coming elections," he said.

Escudero has surged in ratings in the latest SWS and Pulse Asia surveys, securing a virtual tie for the top spot with Vice President Noli de Castro, Senator Manny Villar, and Senator Loren Legarda.

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