{"id":54150,"date":"2015-07-03T16:50:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T08:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54150"},"modified":"2015-07-03T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T08:50:01","slug":"roxas-binays-stepping-down-is-triumph-for-the-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/03\/roxas-binays-stepping-down-is-triumph-for-the-rule-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxas: Binay’s stepping down is ‘triumph for the rule of law’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DILG Sec. Mar Roxas (left) and Makati Mayor Jejomar ‘JunJun’ Binay Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Interior \u00a0Secretary Mar Roxas hailed Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay’s move as “triumph for the rule of law.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m happy that our delivery of services to the people will return to normal. After all, that\u2019s the reason why we entered public service,” Roxas told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank Mayor Binay for heeding our call to respect the law. The law and only the law should prevail over everybody,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Binay stepped down from his office on Wednesday and addressed some 1,000 supporters on the Makati City Hall quadrangle.<\/p>\n

He said he was temporarily stepping aside while waiting for another temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Court of Appeals on the second preventive suspension order by the Office of the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot bear seeing more people get hurt. I cannot endure for us to be treated with violence in the city, that more residents will be affected and services of the city will be hampered. I will, even if it is against my will, leave the city,\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n

Several people were injured when 700 strong force from the Philippine National Police sealed off the City Hall on Tuesday to enforce the order.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to respect the decision of the court but we will assure you that we will not leave you. Our fight does not end here,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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