LP bet, Chiz reject campaign donors disclosure By Angie M. Rosales 05/08/2010

 LP bet, Chiz reject campaign donors disclosure

By Angie M. Rosales 05/08/2010 “I wouldn’t dare ask him, and neither will he ask me to disclose where the campaign funds come from.” This was the gist of the response made by Liberal Party (LP) presidential bet Sen. Noynoy Aquino when he was asked whether he will compel his colleague and supporter, Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, to disclose his campaign benefactors. Escudero, while not a member of LP, is publicly known to be heavily involved in Aquino’s campaign, having contributed largely to Aquino’s campaign war chest and even using his Senate staff to run the media coverage of the party, sources said. “Is Chiz spending public money to fund Aquino’s campaign from his (Escudero’s) end? He is already getting his Senate staffers to help out in Noynoy’s campaign — even when that is not part of the job that they have been hired,” a Senate staffer told the Tribune yesterday. A number of Escudero’s staff members have been detailed to the LP, specifically in the media bureau of the LP party..... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100508hed5.html

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