{"id":51609,"date":"2015-06-10T16:40:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51609"},"modified":"2015-06-10T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T08:40:59","slug":"binay-still-eyes-aquinos-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/10\/binay-still-eyes-aquinos-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Binay still eyes Aquino&#8217;s endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50072\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jojo-binay-e1432203743898.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50072\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jojo-binay-e1432203743898-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Jejomar 'Jojo' Binay (Facebook photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jojo-binay-e1432203743898-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jojo-binay-e1432203743898.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Jejomar &#8216;Jojo&#8217; Binay (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Vice President Jejomar Binay is still hoping that President Aquino will consider endorsing him as the administration&#8217;s candidate in the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLahat ng dagdag boto, inaasahan. Nandun ang paniniwala ko na kokonsiderahin ako<\/em>,\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n<p>(Each additional vote is being expected. I believe that I will be considered by President Aquino)<\/p>\n<p>He made the statement during a media forum at the Luneta Hotel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Basta hanggang sa huling sandali, umaasa ako na ikokonsidera ako,<\/em>\u201d he\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>(Until the last minute, I am hoping that I will be considered.)<\/p>\n<p>Binay also added that choosing the right candidate to endorse in next year&#8217;s election is the prerogative of the President.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president, meanwhile, has maintained his lead in surveys despite the allegations raised against him.<\/p>\n<p>Binay said that when it comes to negative publicity reported by the media, those in the urban areas are the most affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Tingnan ninyo ang naiimpluwensiyahan ng media ay urban. Ang rural, sabi \u2018di totoo iyan, pulitika lang iyan,<\/em>\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n<p>(The media influences the urban voters. Voters from rural areas contend\u00a0that it\u2019s just politics.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Vice President Jejomar Binay is still hoping that President Aquino will consider endorsing him as the administration&#8217;s candidate &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":50072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}