The Delayed Announcement

Opposition senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero turned 40, nine days ago. This made him eligible to run for highest seat of power in the country. October 12, 2009, the country waited for him to finally announce his bid for presidency. No announcement happened. According to him, it would be inhumane to announce one's political plans while the whole country is still suffering and trying to recover from typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

Inqurier.net's Neal Cruz wrote on his column As I See It, Why Chiz has not yet made an announcement:

It has been nine days since Oct. 10, when Sen. Chiz Escudero turned 40 and thus eligible to be president of the Philippines.

He had promised to officially announce his presidential candidacy on that day, but the day came and went and no announcement. The date for the formal announcement has been postponed to Oct. 12, they said. That day came and still no announcement. The new rumor is that he would do it on Monday.

Why the delay when his rivals are already all over the place campaigning although that is still prohibited at this time by election laws? Has he changed his mind? Was he dismayed by the drop in his ratings in the latest survey when he had been leading in most of the earlier surveys? Has he not yet reached an agreement with Sen. Loren Legarda? Did the latest propaganda ploy of the Lakas-Kampi party with the governors wanting to pirate Legarda of the Nationalist People’s Coalition as the running mate of its Gibo Teodoro have its desired effect on Chiz? Is he now wavering? You can read more here.

What is your take? :)