{"id":57040,"date":"2015-07-25T20:19:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T12:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=57040"},"modified":"2015-07-25T23:25:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T15:25:05","slug":"binays-poor-boy-image-must-translate-to-integrity-and-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/25\/binays-poor-boy-image-must-translate-to-integrity-and-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Binay\u2019s \u2018poor boy\u2019 image must translate to integrity and transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President Jejomar ‘Jojo’ Binay visits the people of Silay City in Bacolod (Photo courtesy of Binay’s Official Facebook Page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Akbayan Party-list Rep. Ibarra Gutierrez III over the weekend has joined mounting calls for Vice President Jejomar Binay to answer allegations of corruptions against him, challenging Binay to \u201cvindicate his poor-boy-sad-story with transparency and integrity\u201d as the VP goes full gear with his campaign sorties around the country.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez said the VP should start answering point by point the questionable dealings he was involved in as mayor of Makati, because only then he could make the people believe that his intentions to be President were clean.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the vice president kept on saying that he would do for the entire Philippines what he did in Makati, and that was precisely the point since he did a lot of questionable things in Makati, the country needs to be clarified.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaraming anomalya na kailangan sagutin; di ba nga sabi nya kung pwede sa Makati, pwede din sa buong bansa, dapat ma-qualify ito at malinaw\u201d Gutierrez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot allow unanswered allegations from Makati shroud the entire country, if he is running away from his past and try to hide what he did wrong in Makati then he should run alone, wag nyang idamay ang buong bayan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Gutierrez,for the past few days, VP Binay has been harping about his storied poor boy past but for him to be regarded as a good leader he has to be transparent as well of his present doings.<\/p>\n

The Akbayan solon explained that \u201cour country cannot afford a leader who merely appeals to emotions and drama, we need a leader with proven integrity and who is transparent about his past, his present and about what he intends to do in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany admire his story, rising from poverty and all, but all great leaders are shaped by what they did afterwards, after rising from poverty, and so far the VP has been silent about his unexplained wealth and it is difficult to trust his kind of leadership,\u201d he said in his press statement.<\/p>\n

He insisted that \u201csomeone proposing to lead this country cannot just erase a phase of his story and refuse to answer for things he may have done in the past\u201d.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker clarified that Binay \u201ccannot employ dagdag-bawas in his campaign messaging\u201d, urging the vice president to be more transparent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe VP lambasted the Department of Health recently, citing what he did in Makati in terms of health services for his constituents when he was mayor, but what he should be doing is to address his issues first like the AMLA report, overpricing of local infrastructure projects when he was mayor,\u201d Gutierrez said.<\/p>\n

The human rights lawyer turned politician said he agreed that \u201cthere are good things VP Binay did for Makati which is part of his job as mayor but there are a number of questionable things which he must explain to the people as part of his public duty and responsibility as vice president and because he plans to run for higher office.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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