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Palace, admin allies hit VP Binay for five-year silence
By XIANNE ARCANGEL, GMA News
(Updated 8:10 p.m.) Malacañang and administration allies on Monday chided Vice President Jejomar Binay for slamming the Aquino government in his “True State of the Nation Address,” noting his five-year silence and failure to offer solutions to the problems he mentioned in his speech.
“Limang taon kang pumalakpak noon sa mga sinasabi mong palpak ngayon,” said presidential spokesman Sec. Edwin Lacierda.
He gave the same response when asked about Binay’s mention of controversies during the Aquino administration, including the Mamasapano incident and the Disbursement Acceleration Program.
At the House of Representatives, Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice, vice chairman for political affairs of the ruling Liberal Party, said Binay failed to give a realistic account of the country’s actual condition in his address since he just enumerated the “little failures” of the Aquino administration.
"Ni-litanya lang ni VP Binay ang kaunting kakulangan ng pamahalaan sa kabila ng napakaraming accomplishments nito," he told reporters at the sidelines of the plenary session. "Parang may naghihilom na sugat na pilit pinadudugo si VP Binay."
As a member of President Benigno Aquino III’s Cabinet since 2010, Binay, currently embroiled in a corruption controversy, should have helped the administration in solving the problems that he saw, Erice said.
“Pagkatapos niyang pakinabangan si PNoy at ang kanyang posisyon nang mahabang panahon at walang harabas ang pagbanat niya ngayon,” he said.
Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez said Binay should be faulted for his failure to speak up about the Aquino administration’s supposed shortcomings while he was in the Cabinet.
“Bago siya bumira, sana alalahanin niyang halos limang taon din siyang miyembro ng Gabinete. At sa buong panahon na ‘yan ay wala siyang sinabi sa mga ‘problemang’ ito. Di naman siguro magdamag sumulpot ang mga issue na kanyang nabanggit di ba?” he said in a text message.
Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas said that while he’s no longer surprised at Binay’s tirades against the Aquino administration, he still believes it was the President who presented an accurate picture of the Philippines’ condition in his SONA last July 27.
“The SONA delivered by the President was very clear. It was backed up by real statistics, and by real people who testified [about what the administration accomplished]. The Vice President’s SONA, however, was more like an appeal to emotion,” he said.
Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher “Kit” Belmonte, a nephew of House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., believes Binay is turning the tables on Aquino because he failed to get the President’s endorsement for his presidential bid.
“Nanahimik siya (Binay) for five years kaya ang perception ay bahagi siya sa mga magagandang nangyari noon, at possibly i-anoint siya ni PNoy… Ngayon na malinaw na di siya ang in-anoint, no choice siya kundi bumanat,” he said.
Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal said he is leaving it up to the people to decide who among Aquino and Binay gave a more accurate SONA though he respects the Vice President’s views.
In his “TSONA” delivered at the Cavite State University Monday afternoon, Binay expressed his disappointment with the Aquino administration as he enumerated its various failures in the last five years.
Among the problems which the Vice President said Aquino failed to solve are the Luneta hostage crisis, the Zamboanga siege, Yolanda tragedy, and the Mamasapano massacre, all of which were left out of Aquino’s SONA a week earlier.
Like Banal, United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) president and Navotas City Rep. Toby Tiangco said he will let the people decide which of the two state addresses they will believe.
"Bahala na nag taumbayang mag-desisyon kung anong paniniwalaan nila kasi pareho naman nilang narinig ang dalawang speeches," he said.
However, Tiangco maintained that the issues brought up at the “TSONA” were reflective of the people's actual sentiments since they were based on consultations done by the Vice President with the poor.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, one of Binay's top accusers in the corruption issue, said instead of a "true" SONA, Binay should've bared his "true" Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.
Budget Secretary Butch Abad, meanwhile, said he did not bother listening to Binay's speech. —with Andreo Calonzo/KBK, GMA News
“Limang taon kang pumalakpak noon sa mga sinasabi mong palpak ngayon,” said presidential spokesman Sec. Edwin Lacierda.
He gave the same response when asked about Binay’s mention of controversies during the Aquino administration, including the Mamasapano incident and the Disbursement Acceleration Program.
At the House of Representatives, Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice, vice chairman for political affairs of the ruling Liberal Party, said Binay failed to give a realistic account of the country’s actual condition in his address since he just enumerated the “little failures” of the Aquino administration.
"Ni-litanya lang ni VP Binay ang kaunting kakulangan ng pamahalaan sa kabila ng napakaraming accomplishments nito," he told reporters at the sidelines of the plenary session. "Parang may naghihilom na sugat na pilit pinadudugo si VP Binay."
As a member of President Benigno Aquino III’s Cabinet since 2010, Binay, currently embroiled in a corruption controversy, should have helped the administration in solving the problems that he saw, Erice said.
“Pagkatapos niyang pakinabangan si PNoy at ang kanyang posisyon nang mahabang panahon at walang harabas ang pagbanat niya ngayon,” he said.
Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez said Binay should be faulted for his failure to speak up about the Aquino administration’s supposed shortcomings while he was in the Cabinet.
“Bago siya bumira, sana alalahanin niyang halos limang taon din siyang miyembro ng Gabinete. At sa buong panahon na ‘yan ay wala siyang sinabi sa mga ‘problemang’ ito. Di naman siguro magdamag sumulpot ang mga issue na kanyang nabanggit di ba?” he said in a text message.
Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas said that while he’s no longer surprised at Binay’s tirades against the Aquino administration, he still believes it was the President who presented an accurate picture of the Philippines’ condition in his SONA last July 27.
“The SONA delivered by the President was very clear. It was backed up by real statistics, and by real people who testified [about what the administration accomplished]. The Vice President’s SONA, however, was more like an appeal to emotion,” he said.
Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher “Kit” Belmonte, a nephew of House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., believes Binay is turning the tables on Aquino because he failed to get the President’s endorsement for his presidential bid.
“Nanahimik siya (Binay) for five years kaya ang perception ay bahagi siya sa mga magagandang nangyari noon, at possibly i-anoint siya ni PNoy… Ngayon na malinaw na di siya ang in-anoint, no choice siya kundi bumanat,” he said.
Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal said he is leaving it up to the people to decide who among Aquino and Binay gave a more accurate SONA though he respects the Vice President’s views.
In his “TSONA” delivered at the Cavite State University Monday afternoon, Binay expressed his disappointment with the Aquino administration as he enumerated its various failures in the last five years.
Among the problems which the Vice President said Aquino failed to solve are the Luneta hostage crisis, the Zamboanga siege, Yolanda tragedy, and the Mamasapano massacre, all of which were left out of Aquino’s SONA a week earlier.
Like Banal, United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) president and Navotas City Rep. Toby Tiangco said he will let the people decide which of the two state addresses they will believe.
"Bahala na nag taumbayang mag-desisyon kung anong paniniwalaan nila kasi pareho naman nilang narinig ang dalawang speeches," he said.
However, Tiangco maintained that the issues brought up at the “TSONA” were reflective of the people's actual sentiments since they were based on consultations done by the Vice President with the poor.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, one of Binay's top accusers in the corruption issue, said instead of a "true" SONA, Binay should've bared his "true" Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.
Budget Secretary Butch Abad, meanwhile, said he did not bother listening to Binay's speech. —with Andreo Calonzo/KBK, GMA News
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