{"id":53013,"date":"2015-06-24T23:21:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=53013"},"modified":"2015-06-25T15:09:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T07:09:48","slug":"palace-calls-vp-binays-attacks-against-aquino-govt-as-unfortunate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/24\/palace-calls-vp-binays-attacks-against-aquino-govt-as-unfortunate\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace calls VP Binay\u2019s attacks against Aquino gov\u2019t as \u2018unfortunate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29489\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Binay-Aquino.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29489\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Binay-Aquino.png\" alt=\"VP Jejomar Binay (left) and President Benigno Aquino III (Photo by Dondi Tawatao)\" width=\"593\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Binay-Aquino.png 593w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Binay-Aquino-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SEVERED TIES: VP Jejomar Binay (left) resigned from President Benigno Aquino III&#8217;s cabinet (Photo by Dondi Tawatao \/ 2010 \/ Malacanan Palace Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Malacanang described on Wednesday as &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; the decision of Vice President Jejomar Binay to commence his presidential bid by attacking the government he served for the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Vice President Binay has never spoken ill against the governance policies of President Benigno S. Aquino III.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dStill, he has made the unfortunate choice to commence his presidential run with statements that he could have otherwise discussed with the President as a Cabinet member but chose not to,\u201d Lacierda said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Lacierda said the Vice President, in opening the next chapter of his political life, has chosen a path that will define him not only as an official but as a person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dFor our part we note his past service to the Aquino Cabinet,\u201d Lacierda said.<\/p>\n<p>Three days after stepping down as Cabinet member, VP Binay on Wednesday slammed what he called as the &#8220;selective justice of the current administration,&#8221; criticizing the apparent disparity between the treatment of the opposition versus those allied with the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Vice President said while he was being vilified, &#8220;those allied with the ruling party who are embroiled in controversies have gone unpunished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Binay declared he will not withdraw his plan to run for president amid allegations of corruption hurled against him by his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president was formerly the chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and presidential adviser on Overseas Filipinos Workers Concerns.<\/p>\n<p>He officially declared himself as head of the opposition in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Malacanang described on Wednesday as &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; the decision of Vice President Jejomar Binay to commence his presidential bid &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":29489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-jelly-f-musico","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53013","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=53013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}