MANILA – Vice President Jejomar Binay filed a damage suit before the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) against Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Antonio Trillanes IV, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, among others for allegedly negating his good reputation as part of a black propaganda in the coming presidential elections.
“Due to (i) the political ambitions of the defendants in the upcoming May 2016 elections; (ii) the disdain and personal animosity of the defendants toward the Plaintiff; and/or (ii) the insatiable greed of the defendants for power and money, the defendants, acting in conspiracy and in collusion with one another, decided to blatantly and publicly malign the good name and reputation of the Plaintiff,” Binay’s complaint read.
Also among the suit’s respondents were former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, Caloocan City Representative Eric Erice, Attorney Renato Bondal, Engineer Mario Hechanova, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) officials and the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI).
The aforementioned government officials purportedly conspired while the PDI published defamatory news all against him.
Also named as defendants, on the other hand, were AMLC chairman Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr., AMLC executive director Julia Abad, and AMLC members Insurance commissioner Emmanuel Dooc and Securities and Exchange Commission chair Teresita Herbosa.