President Aquino to VP Binay: People know who's telling the truth - CNN Philippines A whole lot of the pot calling the kettle black.
Several hours before Vice President Jejomar C. Binay went on national TV on Wednesday, to confirm his Cabinet resignation and make his first public statement against President B. S. Aquino 3rd, a CEO close to PNoy told me that Malacañang and the ruling Liberal Party were having a serious “rethink” on Binay after his resignation on Monday. They apparently anticipated Binay’s TV address and decided not to engage–“stand down” as Pnoy famously put it on January 25, 2015 to the military reinforcement units at Mamasapano. Malacañang’s original plan was to force Binay to abandon his presidential bid by sending him, or his wife (the former mayor of Makati, Dr. Elenita Binay), or his son (the current mayor of MakatI, Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr.), or all of them at once to jail on some non-bailable criminal charges, or by pushing him out of office so that PNoy could name a new Vice President in his place, who could take over as President should he decide to seek political shelter in Johor or elsewhere while the government remains in friendly hands. They have apparently decided that Binay has been sufficiently demolished to the point of harmlessness and insignificance by all the corruption charges that have been hurled against him, and by the sudden drop in his “popularity rating,” and could then be “allowed to run” for President, without affecting Malacañang’s say on results of the 2016 elections. So none of the Binays would be jailed; a threatened suspension order on Mayor Junjun over the case involving the Makati Science High School building would no longer be served; and neither Malacañang nor the LP would have to worry about any “sympathy votes” for the Vice President. Blood will probably flow if . . . - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times Online
Ah, so prison is something you go to if you are a political threat to the president. Not because you committed a crime...
Hearsay. Any politician can easily dodge that article. Binay still needs to prove that the allegations against him are not true. If he can do that then what he has to say about the Pnoy might be taken a bit more serious and he stands a good chance to become the next president.
Let's hope not! Never liked the guy. Saying that I don't suppose it makes much difference who we get as it ain't going to change anytime soon!
