Palace hands off on Senate probe on Binays, ‘overpriced’ Makati building
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MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Wednesday said it had nothing to do with the Senate investigation on the allegedly overpriced Makati City Hall.
“Wala kaming kinalaman dyan. It was a senate decision to investigate. We have no hand in that,” Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said during a Palace press briefing.
(We had nothing to do with that. It was a senate decision to investigate. We have no hand in that.)
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay was in the hot seat on Wednesday morning as he faced a Senate hearing amid plunder charges filed against him and his father Vice President Jejomar Binay.
The mayor claimed that the P2.7-billion worth building is “world-class”
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