IF DUTERTE DOESN’T RUN, BINAY WILL WIN MINDANAO
Vice President Jejomar Binay, in spite of the plunder charges against him for allegedly pocketing billions from governmet transactions, is expected to win hands down in Mindanao should Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte stand firm on his decision not to run for President in 2016.
Even Duterte himself shared this political assessment on who would benefit most should he decide not to join the Presidential race.
“Binay,” Duterte told members of the media when asked who would be benefitted most by his earlier announced decision not to run.
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MAR ROXAS SPENT P257M ON TV ADS
BY ABAKADA Party-List
IN ONLY A MONTH OF ADVERTISING SPREE
An item in The Manila Times column of Rigoberto Tiglao says presidential candidate Mar Roxas spent P257 million on television ads alone from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 to boost his ratings in the presidential surveys. That is more than P8..5, or almost P9 MILLION A DAY.
For the record, WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT ROXAS DID ANYTHING WRONG. But Tiglao will not write anything as sensitive as that and risk facing a CRIMINAL LIBEL SUIT IMMEDIATELY if he did not have enough proof. So considering previous discoveries on Roxas – the latest of which is the Commission on Audit (COA) report on P42 billion in disaster projects funds which he DID NOT RELEASE in 2013 when he was still DILG secretary — he had better clarify the issue IN DETAIL if he knows what’s good for his credibility.
Roxas must clarify if the P257 million is an accurate figure or not. If it’s accurate, he should show where or from whom did the money come from. He must PROVE THAT THE MONEY IS NOT FROM GOVERNMENT FUNDS. The elections is still SEVEN MONTHS AWAY. No genius is needed to realize that not even Henry Sy, the Ayalas or the Zobels, or even Bill Gates, will spend P8.5 MILLION A DAY on political ads. If the P257 million is wrong, how much then has he spent so far on TV ads, as well as in his other commercials? If Roxas will say his family can afford to do so, then let’s see their income tax returns and that of their businesses. If he will say contributors are financing his commercials, then he should name them for the public to determine if indeed they are rich enough to spend P8.5 million a day on political commercials alone.
Roxas must also declare how much has he spent so far for presidential bid. If the P257 million is for TV commercials alone, how much have his radio commercials and print ads, billboards, transportation and accommodation expenses in his trips nationwide and other related items cost him to date? And most of all, he must account now for the P42 billion disaster projects funds he did not disburse he did not release, the relief monies for ‘Yolanda’ victims which were at his disposal when he was still DILG head, and others. If his supporters will counter what about the other presidential aspirants, much better.
Kung hindi MAIPAPALIWANAG AGAD NI ROXAS anbg mga ito ng DETALYADO, NASA SAMBAYANAN ANG LAHAT NG KATWIRAN PARA PAGDUDAHAN ANG KANIYANG INTEGRIDAD, AT ANG PINANGGAGALINGAN NG KANIYANG GINAGASTOS.
HONASAN DEFENDS BINAY VS PLUNDER RAPS
“LET THE COURTS DECIDE”
PEOPLE POWER hero Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan said the court should be allowed to decide on the allegations of corruption against Vice President Jejomar Binay, who has been slapped with plunder charge by the Ombudsman.
Honasan, Binay’s running mate under the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), dismissed the charge as a “light baggage” that would not derail the vice president’s bid to capture Macalacanang in the 2016 election.
We have due process, said Honasan.
Guesting at the Umagang Kay Ganda (UKG), ABS/CBN’s morning news program on October 14, Honasan said courts and law firms will have to be abolished if Binay as a presidential candidate should be judged on the basis of mere allegations.
I would be the first to stand up (to defend the decision) if the court finds him guilty, said Honasan, who as a military officer was a key figure in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled down the Marcos dictatorship.
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