{"id":54774,"date":"2015-07-08T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T09:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54774"},"modified":"2015-07-08T17:10:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T09:10:46","slug":"acting-makati-mayor-prefers-binay-spokesman-to-take-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/08\/acting-makati-mayor-prefers-binay-spokesman-to-take-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Makati Mayor prefers Binay spokesman to take leave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acting Makati Mayor Kid Pena during the ANC Headstart interview. (Screenshot from Youtube video.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Acting Makati Mayor Romulo “Kid” Pena wants long-time spokesman of Vice-President Jejomar Binay and suspended Makati Mayor Junjun Binay to take a leave.<\/p>\n

Pena\u00a0said in an interview with ANC Headstart that he prefers Joey Salgado to go on leave\u00a0so he could appoint a new spokesman of Makati.<\/p>\n

Pena said that Salgado, who receives a monthly salary of\u00a0about P30,000-P40,000 had not reported for work since the younger Binay stepped down from his post.<\/p>\n

He added that Salgado, a paid employee of Makati City has a contract that expired in June.<\/p>\n

“We gave him a memo to report to me and I am still waiting for his reply,” he said in the interview with Karen Davila.<\/p>\n

The acting Makati Mayor said that he has no problem with Salgado remaining as the city’s spokesman but agreed that there could be a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

This is because of Salgado’s ties with the Binay’s.<\/p>\n

“For me, sa totoong-totoo lang hindi ako ganun…Siguro kung papayag rin lang naman siya mag-aano ako ng OIC or mag leave muna siya.”<\/p>\n

(I’m not really like that. Maybe if he will agree that I will appoint an OIC or he will go on leave.)<\/p>\n

He also clarified after consulting with the\u00a0Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Commission on Elections that \u00a0he has all the powers of a regular mayor.<\/p>\n

“If it is only for 30 days, actually, wala akong power talaga na mag-appoint, maghire o magtanggal. Pero kasi six months yung binigay sa akin, may power ako na gawin yung mga bagay na yun contrary dun sa mga sinasabi nila,” he said.<\/p>\n

(It is only for 30 days actually and I don’t really have the power to appoint, hire or fire. But I was given six months, I have the power to do those things contrary to what they were saying.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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