{"id":51380,"date":"2015-06-06T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T13:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51380"},"modified":"2015-06-06T21:51:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T13:51:29","slug":"aquino-to-politicians-why-are-you-overreacting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/06\/aquino-to-politicians-why-are-you-overreacting\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquino to politicians: Why are you overreacting?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"President<\/a>
President Benigno Simeon Aquino III
(Photo by the Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 With the national elections nearing and rivalry issues arising, President Benigno Aquino III suggested debates rather than overreactions on the rift between Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are you so overreacting? Why do all of you need to overreact? Can we not help them change the system to something better and bring the debate to a more intelligent and studied level?,\u201d Aquino said in a press conference in Japan, adding that what was happening was like a \u2018black propaganda.\u2019<\/p>\n

The exchange of arguments started when United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) interim president Toby Tiangco claimed that Poe was not eligible to run for president or vice president as she did not meet the 10-year residency requirement for the said positions.<\/p>\n

Backstory:\u00a0UNA: Poe unqualified to run for president, vice president<\/a><\/p>\n

UNA was Binay\u2019s political group.<\/p>\n

Binay\u2019s daughter, Makati City Representative Abigail Binay later on called for a stop to the \u2018heated and emotional\u2019 exchange between their camp and the neophyte senator.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Aquino has been repeatedly asked regarding the possible presidential candidate he would vote for. Although the president had not yet disclosed the name of his successor, he earlier stated that he wanted someone who would continue the reforms and sustain the gains of his administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen will I endorse? I promised our people I was hoping it would be the end of June, but now it seems that I have to, by law, deliver a State of the Nation Address (SONA), which is on the last Monday of July. It will be shortly after that that I will endorse the person whom I believe can carry out the continuity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Aquino also stressed that he wanted the next president to maintain the country\u2019s sound relationship with Japan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think our people will elect a foolhardy replacement that will suddenly throw away all these very good economic partnerships that we have with Japan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Interior Secreatary Mar Roxas, member of Aquino\u2019s political group Liberal Party, agreed with the president\u2019s call to stop \u2018overreacting.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just right to stop the bickering. It\u2019s just right to apologize. It\u2019s just right to put the debate on a higher level\u2026 Do you think the residents here care what\u2019s happening in Manila?,\u201d Roxas said in an interview while he was in Sorsogon province, leading the turnover of a water facility.<\/p>\n

Instead of setting out political plans, Roxas opted to visit various provinces to check the completion of local government projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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