Palace fires back at Binay: ‘We’re diligent, prompt, organized’
A PALACE official said that Vice President Jejomar Binay’s diatribe against the current administration will not be enough to sway discerning Filipinos.
Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. challenged Binay to back his attacks against the Aquino government with facts.
Coloma said that Filipinos are intelligent and will scrutinize the content of Binay’s speech, which is riddled with clichés.
“Hindi po ba kaparat-dapat lang na kapag mayroong ibinabatong mga paratang o kung mayroong isinasalaysay sa mga mamamayan, ‘di po ba karapat-dapat lang na ito ay may kongkretong batayan? Ito ay hindi ispekulasyon, ito ay hindi haka-haka, hindi ito cliché o hindi rhetoric lang lamang dahil matalino po ang mga Pilipino, naghahanap ng kongkretong batayan, hindi po maaaring malinlang at madala lamang sa madamdaming pagbibigkas ng mga kataga,” Coloma said at a press briefing on Thursday.
(It is only proper that when someone spews allegations or issues a statement to the people, it should be supported by facts. A speculation, a rumor, a cliché, or rhetoric will not cut it for Filipinos who are intelligent and thus, will not be deceived or moved by an emotionally charged speech.)
Coloma said that unlike its political foes, the Aquino administration prides itself for being “open, transparent and accountable.”
“Matibay po ang paniniwala ni Pangulong Aquino na ang kailangan lang ay maipabatid ang buo at ganap na katotohanan; at mismong ang mga mamamayan ay mayroong kapasidad na bumuo ng kanilang sariling pagpasya at kumilos o magdesisyon ng naaayon sa nakikita nilang tama,”
(President Aquino is firm on its belief that the whole truth of an issue should be given and that Filipinos have the capacity to form their own opinion and decide or act on what they deem is right.)
The Palace official also countered Binay’s tirade that the Aquino administration is “slow, lazy, and indecisive,” saying that the administration has always been “diligent, prompt and organized.”
“Itinaguyod ni Pangulong Aquino ang kabutihan nina Juan at Juana de la Cruz sa pamamagitan ng mabuting pamamahala sa matuwid na daan nitong nakaraang limang taon. Masipag, maagap at masinop ang gobyerno sa pagtugon sa pangangailangan ng mga mamamayan,” Coloma said.
(President Aquino has promoted the welfare of Juan and Juana de la Cruz through good governance and its straight path initiative for the past five years. The government is diligent, prompt and organized in addressing the needs of its people.)
During the launch of the United Nationalist Alliance on Wednesday, Binay asked where was the Aquino government for the past five years, saying that many Filipinos are still unemployed, hungry and ill.
He repeated the phrase that the Aquino government is “palpak and manhid” (bungling and insensitive), the phrase he used during his first speech after quitting the Aquino Cabinet.
