{"id":53007,"date":"2015-06-24T21:32:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=53007"},"modified":"2015-06-24T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:32:51","slug":"administration-did-not-make-binay-a-punching-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/24\/administration-did-not-make-binay-a-punching-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration did not make Binay a &#8216;punching bag&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45199\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/abigail-valte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45199\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/abigail-valte-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte (Screenshot of PCCO EDP press briefing video)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/abigail-valte-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/abigail-valte.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte (Screenshot of PCCO EDP press briefing video)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Malacanang yesterday maintained that President Aquino or the administration did not make Vice President Jejomar Binay a punching bag.<\/p>\n<p>This is amid reports that Binay&#8217;s allies said that Binay was treated like a punching bag of the Aquino administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not share the assessment of the allies of the Vice President that he was made a punching bag by the administration,\u201d deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte told\u00a0reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always endeavored to keep public discourse on programs and policies and not centered on personalities,\u201d\u00a0she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Aquino administration was also accused of being involved in raising the allegations against Binay and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Malacanang also denied Aquino and the administration&#8217;s involvement in the series of corruption allegations thrown against Binay.<\/p>\n<p>Binay left two positions &#8212; the\u00a0Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and that of the presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the Palace assured the people of the continued services of the two agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Malacanang yesterday maintained that President Aquino or the administration did not make Vice President Jejomar Binay a punching &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,1],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-53007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-ph","category-uncategorized","tag-rewrite","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53007","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=53007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}