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Does this mean Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile is in Vice President Jejomar Binay’s corner for 2016?
“Enrile recently weighed in on the hearings being conducted by the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee into allegations that Binay amassed illegal wealth while he was mayor of Makati City,” reports Leila B. Salaverria in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Enrile’s observation is that it is “no longer an investigation in aid of legislation.” He stated: “It’s unusual in any country for an investigation to last that long in aid of legislation. So it destroys itself. I said it is self-destructing. Let them proceed because in the long term they will become irrelevant.”
Enrile added , “An investigation like that is already losing its own steam and value.”
In case you missed it, Enrile is back at work in the Senate following his release on bail while the plunder case against him isongoing at the Sandiganbayan.
The report noted: “Enrile, a political ally of Binay, pointed out that the inquiry into the alleged overprice of the Makati City Hall Building II in aid of legislation had expanded ‘too far away’ from the original resolution and delved into other issues.”
When asked if he would raise the matter with the Senate leadership, Enrile merely said that “they were ‘brilliant’ and ‘responsible’ people and should know what is good for the Senate and its image.”
Photo: Lex Nueva España, Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB)
