Presidential candidate Jejomar Binay speakS during the Galing Pook conversations with the presidentiables on countryside development at the Ateneo De Manila University. (INQUIRER PHOTO)
VICE President Jejomar Binay yesterday said Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas is the person behind the “demolition by perception” plot to charge him of corruption.
In an ambush interview after a forum in the Ateneo De Manila University, Binay hit back at Roxas for claiming that the vice president is an expert on graft and corruption.
“Talagang labis na nagpapatunay na si Mar Roxas ay kasama sa conspiracy ng demolition by perception, yung pagdidiinan at pagsisinungaling na ako ay expert sa graft and corruption,” Binay said.
On Thursday, Roxas said Binay seemed to be using his personal experience when the opposition leader explained the difference between graft and corruption at a student forum in Dumaguete City.
During the said forum held last Tuesday, Binay said that graft was the abusive use of power while corruption was about mishandling money.
“It’s a good thing that he (Binay) explained the difference between graft and corruption because he is an expert on it. He probably has personal experience on it that’s why he knows the difference,” Roxas said.
Binay’s camp said Binay was only speaking as a lawyer in explaining corruption.
Binay was indicted for graft by the Ombudsman for allegedly rigging the procurement for the design and construction of the P2.28-billion Makati City Hall Building II, deemed the country’s priciest car park building, when he was Makati mayor.
Binay also faces four other plunder and graft complaints before the Ombudsman over the alleged anomalies involving the Makati Science High School Building, University of Makati, a Fort Bonifacio property, and over an allegedly anomalous land deal between Alphaland and the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, where Binay is long-running president.
During the Ateneo forum, Roxas also went against the principle of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, saying he believes that no one, not even a president, has the right to take a person’s life.
“I don’t believe that might is right. I don’t believe that the gun trumps all others and I don’t believe in summary justice and one-man justice,” said Roxas.
Before Roxas, Binay delivered a speech and took questions from members of the Galing Pook Foundation.
In freeing a place of crime, Roxas said a leader should not resort to shortcuts by killing criminals.
Disclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
