{"id":21655,"date":"2014-08-13T02:28:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=21655"},"modified":"2014-08-13T02:28:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:28:39","slug":"vp-binay-welcomes-senate-inquiry-on-makati-car-park-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/13\/vp-binay-welcomes-senate-inquiry-on-makati-car-park-building\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Binay welcomes Senate inquiry on Makati car park building"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President Jejomar Binay. Photo courtesy of Jojo Binay on Facebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Vice President Jejomar Binay welcomed on Tuesday the plan of the Senate to investigate the alleged overpriced Makati City Hall car park building, saying it will be a good opportunity to explain his side.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe are happy that we will be investigated in the Senate. We will be able to show to God and to the people that the accusation is not true and baseless,\u201d Binay said in a media interview.<\/p>\n

Binay said the Senate resolution calling for the Senate inquiry was politically motivated since it was already declared by the Commission on Audit (COA) that there was no overpricing.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe COA checked the price properly and they said there was no overpricing,\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n

He explained that the 11-storey building was not for parking only as cited in the Senate Resolution 826 filed by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt\u2019s not a parking building. Only part of it. It is a government office. We will show it (in the Senate),\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Binay said the controversy was part of the efforts to discredit him as presidential aspirant in the 2016 national elections.<\/p>\n

\u201dI told you, they will not stop from filing different kinds of cases, but we will show it\u2019s baseless. We will face anybody and we will say, it\u2019s not true,\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n

When asked why the controversy is being investigated in the Senate, the Vice President replied: \u201cPlease ask them (Senate).\u201d<\/p>\n

Trillanes, who is contemplating of running for higher position in 2016, said he would prefer the Vice President to personally explain his side in the Senate inquiry.<\/p>\n

Binay\u2019s daughter, Sen. Nancy Binay, however, said Trillanes should better file an impeachment complaint \u201cif they have allegation of corruptions against my father.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dI think the right process is for him (Trillanes) to file an impeachment complaint against the Vice President,\u201d the vice president’s daughter said in a media interview.<\/p>\n

The lady lawmaker believed \u201cit is obviously a demolition job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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