Sen. Nancy Binay defends her sister’s raffle win

For some reason, a furor ensued after it was announced that Vice President Jejomar Binay’s daughter, Makati 2nd District Representative Mar-Len Abigal S. Binay (her married name is Campos), won a condominium unit from Power Plant Mall’s Christmas raffle.

“Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, Feb 4, came to the defense of her congresswoman-sister, saying there is no law that prohibits a government official from joining such a contest,” reports Maila Ager of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

“Because it’s a contest. It does not say that if you’re an official or a child of vice president, you can’t join the contest. There’s no restriction like that so I don’t see anything wrong. It’s just blown out of proportion,” said the senator.

READ: Vice President Binay’s daughter wins condo unit in raffle

She then added that, in fact, her sister’s lucky raffle break has inspired her to join raffles as well. *That’s fine, Ma’am—but God help you if you win.




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