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Senator Francis 'Chiz' Escudero takes his oath as the new Senate President on May 20, 2024.   Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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RG Cruz

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171644351912920240520-senate-leadership-escudero-MD5.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner"><span id="isPasted" style="text-align:left">Senator Francis &#x27;Chiz&#x27; Escudero takes his oath as the new Senate President on May 20, 2024.   <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></span><em> </em><em></em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – The election of Sen. Francis Escudero as Senate President this week thrust his equally high-profile wife Heart Evangelista into a new role in politics.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Escudero revealed that the actress and model-influencer felt pressured over her new role as head of the Senate Spouses Foundation Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Pinag-usapan nga namin kagabi, parang naiyak siya nang kaunti, nag-panic kasi parang di raw niya kaya, so inaano ko na wag ka magpa-pressure. Sabi ko yung kaya lang, kung ano lang ang kaya,” Escudero told a media forum at the Senate.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Pero nakausap niya doon lang sa Malacanang, nakita niya si Kat Pimentel, si Lani, yung 2 Lani (Cayetano at Revilla). Nakita rin niya yung asawa ni Mark [Villar] at ni Raffy Tulfo, so kahit papaano nagkausap-usap sila. Magmi-meeting yata sila next week,&quot; he added. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(We were discussing it and she was slightly in tears, a bit in panic because she doubts she can do it. I told her not to be pressured and just do what she can. She got to talk with fellow spouses at the Palace dinner, where she saw Kat Pimentel, wife of former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, Lani Cayetano and Lani Mercado, Em Aglipay-Villar, Jocelyn Tulfo. They got to talk and they will meet next week.)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/5/20/heart-evangelista-proud-of-chiz-escudero-as-new-senate-president-2209" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heart Evangelista proud of Chiz Escudero as new Senate president</a></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Escudero said he tried his best to address his wife&#x27;s concerns.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Sabi niya, ‘Eh ikaw ang tagal tagal mo na diyan, mundo mo ‘yan.’ Sabi ko, ‘Senador, oo. Pero senate president hindi, kaya panay ang pa-briefing ko,’&quot; Escudero said</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Sabi ko ganoon din yun kailangan mo, mag-briefing muna tapos atras ka, kausapin mo yung team mo kung ano yung pwede niyo gawin. Sabi ko lang simulan mo muna sa baba paakyat imbes na magsimula ka sa taas na pababa. Ibig sabihin wag yung ang dami-dami agad, simulan mo muna sa konti na parami kesa sinimulan ng madami tapos kumonti,&quot;  he added.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(I told her that like her, I also am learning and studying. Start simple then build up.)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/08/23/23/how-chiz-escudero-heart-evangelista-faced-marital-challenges" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Chiz Escudero, Heart Evangelista faced marital challenges</a></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/2/16/details-highlights-of-heart-and-chiz-s-vow-renewal-ceremony-1605" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details, highlights of Heart and Chiz&#x27;s vow renewal ceremony</a></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Escudero said he does not think his wife has to sacrifice her modeling. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Di naman ganoon karami ang functions ng Senate spouses. In fact, nung tinanong ko si Kat Pimentel, parang once a quarter, usually Christmas season ang functions nila,&quot; he said.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Senate spouses don’t have that many functions. Their functions are usually set around Christmas.)</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The wife of the Senate President usually leads that group composed of the spouses of incumbent senators.  </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The group is known for pursuing charitable and social-civic initiatives to complement the legislative work of their spouses. Its immediate preceding head is Audrey Zubiri, wife of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, who was Senate chief until Monday, when Escudero was elected as his replacement.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/escudero-takes-helm-of-senate-after-zubiri-resignation-1535" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Escudero takes Senate helm after Zubiri resignation</a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/22/marcos-meets-with-escudero-other-senators-after-senate-shakeup-850" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcos meets with Escudero, other senators after Senate shakeup</a></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The election of Sen. Francis Escudero as Senate President this week thrust his equally high-profile wife Heart Evangelista into a new role in politics.</p>

The election of Sen. Francis Escudero as Senate President this week thrust his equally high-profile wife Heart Evangelista into a new role in politics.

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Escudero says wife Heart feels pressured over new role as head of Senate spouses

RG Cruz,

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Published May 23, 2024 02:01 PM PHT

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