Vice President Jejomar C. Binay this week slammed the “hypocrisy” of some officials of the Liberal Party (LP) for their “desperate attempt” to link him to former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“Look who’re talking. Those who are saying those things now were rabid supporters of GMA before. Hindi ba dati lagi kayong ‘Yes mam, Yes GMA’?” The Vice President said.
Binay clarified that they have no plans of forming an alliance with Mrs. Arroyo or her party.
“UNA is about ending politics as usual, that after the election, jumping over the fence into the administration party,” he said.
“Elections are about choices. No party can claim monopoly of good intentions and good people willing to serve. This is the essence of democracy,” he added.
Binay said some of those sowing intrigues were once rabid supporters of Mrs. Arroyo.
Binay headed the United Opposition (UNO) during the Aquino administration while the LP was part of the adminis-tration coalition that voted against the first impeach-ment complaint against Mrs. Arroyo over the “Hello Garci” wiretapping scandal, which disclosed massive cheating during the 2004 presidential elections.
“Where were they when FPJ was being cheated? Where were they when we in the opposition were being harassed by the Arroyo administration?” he asked.
The Vice President was persecuted during the Arroyo administration, with the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Office of the Ombudsman attempting to suspend him in October 2006 and May 2007. Binay had defied both orders.
He also chided the said LP officials for sowing intrigue between him and President Benigno Aquino III.
The Vice President is the Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the concurrent Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns. He also chairs the government’s anti-illegal recruitment and anti-human trafficking task forces.
Binay said he owes a debt of gratitude to President Cory Aquino for naming him mayor of Makati after the 1986 EDSA Revolution.
He also recalled having dinner with the President in Malacanang Tuesday night, April 10 and attending a meeting until 11 pm, and he never felt any unease between him and the President.
Binay said the sudden “inquisition” from the LP was apparently prompted by the creation of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which will field a senatorial ticket in the 2013 elections. He said that those who were forcing the issue were “insecure” of the names being included in the UNA line up.
Moreover, the Vice President reiterated that the text blast messages that were sent out on Good Friday and Black Saturday were not from him or his camp. /MP
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