{"id":62537,"date":"2015-10-06T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62537"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:58:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:58:09","slug":"binay-its-bin-go-not-bi-hon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/06\/binay-its-bin-go-not-bi-hon\/","title":{"rendered":"Binay: It\u2019s \u2018Bin-Go\u2019 not \u2018Bi-Hon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay (Photo from Binay’s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Vice President Jejomar \u201cJojo\u201d Binay emphasized that his emerging team-up with Senator Gregorio \u201cGringo\u201d Honasan will be called \u201cBin-Go,\u201d not \u201cBi-Hon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Binay reiterated \u201cBingo,\u201d which was a fun acronym for Binay and Gringo. He did not, however, officially declare that Honasan willbe his running mate under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) in next year\u2019s national elections.<\/p>\n

The Vice President will leave it to UNA\u2019s selection committee to formally announce the party\u2019s presidential and vice-presidential candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an agreement within the party that when it comes to matters like that, we\u2019ll let the selection committee make the statements and explanations,\u201d he said, confirming that he has indeed recently been meeting with Honasan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Honasan is very, very organized. Senator Honasan got more than 10 million votes in the 2013 elections\u2026 He will be the strongest [contender] if ever,\u201d he added, mentioning that the senator ranked high in pre-elections surveys even without expressing interest in seeking higher post.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Honasan has repeatedly said that he had no interest in joining the vice-presidential race in the coming general elections and preferred helping Binay in his campaign while remaining as a senator.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no interest in running\u2026 I\u2019m working on organizing the party, UNA. I\u2019m not visible or audible. That\u2019s far from my mind because I want to ride into the sunset in 2019,\u201d he earlier said.<\/p>\n

But with UNA seriously considering him to be Binay\u2019s running mate, the coup-plotter-turned senator will then abide by the party\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UNA party which I am helping organize is deliberating on it. A decision will be made and I will subordinate myself to that decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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