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"Proposed Special and General Provisions"
Francis EscuderoWhile it is true that we are recipients of certain aids from the US go — Francis Escudero
"While it is true that we are recipients of certain aids from the US government and without making excuses for the misgivings of our law enforcement, it is not for foreign entities to rate us or grade us or whether we pass their benchmark or not, especially when no bases are given. We are not their students and they are not our teachers to say the least."
Francis Escudero
Francis Escudero
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Francis Joseph "Chiz" Guevara Escudero is a Filipino politician and lawyer who has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, he served as the 31st president of the Senate of the Philippines from 2024 to 2025. He unsuccessfully ran for vice president of the Philippines in the 2016 elections as the running mate
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