{"id":55807,"date":"2015-07-15T08:55:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55807"},"modified":"2015-07-15T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:55:43","slug":"ombudsman-probers-vp-binay-should-be-impeached-for-graft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/15\/ombudsman-probers-vp-binay-should-be-impeached-for-graft\/","title":{"rendered":"Ombudsman probers: VP Binay should be impeached for graft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2013 The Office of the Ombudsman sought filing an impeachment case against Vice President Jejomar \u201cJojo\u201d Binay in connection with corruption allegations against him, including the overpriced construction of the Makati City Hall building and the Makati Science High School.<\/p>\n

The anti-graft court\u2019s Field Investigation Office (FIO) probers earlier claimed that the said Makati City projects that were constructed during the terms of Binay and his son suspended Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin \u201cJunjun\u201d Binay were \u2018a grand corruption scheme\u2019 involving the \u2018diversion of people\u2019s money\u2019 and the \u2018illegal procurement and payment for the design and construction\u2019 of the said projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe release of millions of pesos for unutilized working drawings and plans, and the circumvention and violation of procurement laws to favor the contractors, have indeed, raided the coffers of the city government of Makati. The public officials responsible for such illegal transaction, and the private contractors who conspired with them, should therefore be held accountable,\u201d the investigators\u2019 report read.<\/p>\n

The probers then filed a complaint last month, urging that Vice President Binay be prosecuted \u2018for criminal and administrative\u2019 offenses. They charged him for \u2018purposes of determining sufficiency of evidence that would warrant filing of (an) impeachment complaint.\u2019<\/p>\n

Binay\u2019s camp, on the other hand, dismissed the investigators\u2019 move towards an impeachment case. They asserted that it was part of the demolition job against the Vice President, headed by his detractors from the ruling Liberal Party (LP).<\/p>\n

\u201cContrary to the claim of Ombudsman [Conchita Carpio-Morales] that her office is \u2018apolitical,\u2019 her actions indicate the contrary,\u201d Office of the Vice President media affairs chief Joey Salgado said. \u201cApparently, the Ombudsman and the Liberals are acting in unison in connection with the 2016 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Mayor Binay announced that the Simeon Marcelo Group (LP lawyers) is the unseen hand in the malicious persecution against the Binays in the Office of the Ombudsman, they did not even bother disputing the same,\u201d Salgado added.<\/p>\n

Salgado noted that the FIO probers did not even have \u2018concrete\u2019 evidence against Vice President Binay during the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee hearings.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 23 hearings, no concrete evidence has been offered to prove the allegations against the Vice President. But the senators and Roxas allies like Mr. [Jim] Paredes have accepted the lies as gospel truth, simply because they are anti-Binay from the start. It\u2019s difficult to explain to those who do not want to listen,\u201d Salgado said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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