Once again, he’s saying something that will have everyone wondering what he means.
“Vice President Jejomar Binay has stated that he would never go against President Noynoy Aquino because he owes what he is today to the Aquino family,” reports Jose Rodel Clapano in The Philippine Star.
The report noted that Binay “was the first local government official appointed by then President Cory Aquino immediately after the EDSA people power revolution in 1986.”
Binay—in a speech during the inauguration of a senior citizens’ building in Datu Odin Sinsuat and a multi-media center at the Mindanao State University—said, “Other people are saying that the President and I will be fighting. That is next to impossible.”
But then, Binay also said, “I owe what I am today to the Aquino family, I don’t have any respect for those who do not know how to repay their debt of gratitude, especially those who do not respect their parents.”
It just so happens that the President has recently been criticized for not being true to the legacy of his late parents—former Senator Ninoy Aquino and former President Cory Aquino.
As the report put it, there have been “mixed signals from Malacañang on Aquino’s plans after the end of his term in 2016.” There has been talk of term extension.
The report indicated that “Binay is widely acknowledged as the standard-bearer of the opposition United Nationalist Alliance in the next presidential race.”
Screengrab from the dzMM website
