Binay wants charges filed vs. ‘name-dropping’ driver who raced Aquino’s convoy

Vice President Jejomar Binay. FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—A driver, who name dropped Vice President Jejomar Binay, did not curry favor with the 2016 presidential aspirant who urged authorities to file “appropriate charges” for allegedly trying to race President Benigno Aquio III’s convoy last week.

In a statement on Tuesday, Binay said that not only did Jeffrey Roxas Chua “violate traffic laws” but he also “put at risk the safety and security of the President and the members of his official family”.

“Kay Presidente pala kayo ha. Ganyan pala. Humanda kayo pag nanalo si Binay at Erap. Ipatatanggal kita,” warned Roxas Chua after he was given the ticket.

(So, you’re with the President. You better be ready when Binay and Erap win in the next elections.  I will have you removed.)

“His reckless actions should not be condoned or allowed to go unpunished,” a statement from the Office of the Vice President read.

The Vice President also insisted that he did not know Roxas Chua personally.

“The Presidential Security Group did the right thing in apprehending this name-dropping motorist,” Binay’s statement read.

According to the Malacañang report, the President was on his way to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for inspection last Wednesday, April 16, when Roxas Chua “tried to recklessly overtake” a vehicle of the Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) and thus “endangered the life of the President and [that] of his official family.”

The PCOO driver was forced to “slow down and give way,” but Roxas Chua’s red Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution “continued to swerve in and out of the presidential convoy at the right curve approach of the NAIA toll gate,” the report said.

The report also said Roxas Chua tried to overtake the “whole presidential convoy” with speed of up to 180 kilometers per hour. He was then heading toward the Bicutan exit of the South Luzon Expressway, where he was finally cornered.

Roxas Chua has denied the allegations in a separate report.

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