{"id":58094,"date":"2015-08-04T21:02:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T13:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58094"},"modified":"2015-08-04T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T13:02:14","slug":"binay-maintains-innocence-amid-corruption-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/04\/binay-maintains-innocence-amid-corruption-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Binay maintains innocence amid corruption allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay (Photo from Binay’s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Amid corruption allegations against him, Vice President Jejomar \u201cJojo\u201d Binay maintained his innocence and asserted that he was never suspended nor convicted for graft or plunder in his more than two decades of public service.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng malungkot na parte sa akin, \u2018yung sinasabing pagka sinabing korupisyon e Binay ho \u2018yun. \u2018Yan hong mga salitang ganyan, kayo ho ay nagiging biktima ng sinasabi naming demolition by perception,\u201d Binay said in an interview with DZMM.<\/p>\n

(The sad part for me is when [people] say, \u2018Corruption? That\u2019s Binay.\u2019 Words like that, you\u2019re becoming a victim of what we call demolition by perception.)<\/p>\n

\u201cYan pong demolition na \u2018yun, alam po ng mga naninira sa akin noon pa man na sila ay nagsisinungaling. Sila po ay alam po nila na hukuman lang ang makapagsasabi [kung ako nga\u2019y kurakot],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

(That demolition, my detractors know that they\u2019ve been lying since back then. They know that only the court can say if I\u2019m indeed corrupt.)<\/p>\n

Aside from corruption allegations, Binay also heard that there has been a murder complaint filed against him as well. With this he only said, \u2018Yan po ang gawain po \u2013 demolition by perception\u2019 (That action \u2013 is demolition by perception).<\/p>\n

It can be recalled that Binay was once ordered suspended during his time as Makati City mayor. In 2006, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) accused him of including \u2018ghost employees\u2019 on the city payroll. The order, however, was later on stopped by the Court of Appeals (CA).<\/p>\n

In 2014, corruption scandals were again hurled against Binay, including the overpriced Makati City Building II and Makati City Science High School, and the controversial Hacienda Binay in Batangas. The CA then issued a freeze order on Binay\u2019s more than 200 bank accounts as petitioned by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).<\/p>\n

All recent allegations were probed by the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee. Binay, however, did not attend any of the hearings as he claimed that he was already pre-judged. He did, for his part, send an affidavit.<\/p>\n

\u201cUulitin ko po hindi kasi isang lugar ito na makakatikim ka ng disente at hindi tamang lugar na marinig ang iyong paliwanag. Bintang dito, bintang doon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

(I will reiterate, this is not a place where you\u2019ll receive a decent [hearing] and this is not the right place to voice out your explanations. Accusations here, accusations there.)<\/p>\n

\u201cSa sako-sakong ibinintang po sa akin, na siyang naging daan na kami ho ay binansagan na may imaheng korupsiyon… ni minsan hindi ako nakatikim ng suspension, lalong-lalo na ang conviction. Hindi ako [convicted]. Wala hong napatunayan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

(To the multitude of accusations against me, that paved the way for us to be given the image of corruption\u2026 never did I receive suspension, most especially conviction. I\u2019m not convicted. Nothing was proven.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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