“There are those who would say that it is unfortunate that his campaign for the presidency did not turn out like one of his movies--for in 2004, it appeared that the villains had won the day. As his spokesperson then, I know that he would have told us not to lose hope for, like in the movies, good will ultimately triumph over evil.”

Filipino politician and lawyer

Francis Joseph “Chiz” Guevara Escudero is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2022, after an earlier Senate term from 2007 to 2019, and he was the 31st president of the Senate from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, Escudero has been a visible figure in Philippine national politics for many years. He ran for vice president in 2016 as Grace Poe’s running mate, but did not win.