Let the campaign promises fly.
During a campaign sortie in Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte on Tue, Feb 23, Vice President Jejomar Binay presented his idea on how he would “decentralize” the government, reports Marc Jayson Cayabyab on Inquirer.net.
Binay was quoted as saying, “Pinapangako ko po sa inyo personal ko pong tutugunan ang mga problema po ninyo sa Mindanao. Ang aking pong balak katulad po ng aking gagawin sa Cebu, maglalagay po ako ng Malacañang in Cebu, maglalagay din po ng Malacanang dito sa Mindanao.”
Translation: “I promise you that I will personally address the problems besetting Mindanao. My plan is to establish a Malacañang in Cebu. Similary, I will build a Malacañang here in Mindanao.”
He added, “Para matunton ko po lahat ng problema niyo. Dito po ako magoopisina sa Mindanao sapagkat babantayan ko ang mga local governments will experience the true meaning of decentralization and devolution. Gagawin ko po yan, yung local autonomy.”
Translation: “Such is to address all the problems here. I will establish my office here in Mindanao because I will see to it that local governments will experience the true meaning of decentralization and devolution. I will administer local autonomy.”
