Aquino denies involvement in freezing of Binay assets

President Benigno Aquino III has denied involvement in the Court of Appeal’s decision to freeze the bank accounts of Vice President Jejomar Binay.

The CA earlier granted the petition of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to freeze Binay’s bank accounts. The petition also covered the bank accounts of the Vice President’s son, Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, his wife Elenita and his alleged dummies.

“Hindi ko nakita ang AMLC report na yan (I haven’t seen that AMLC report),” Aquino said in an interview with Bombo Radyo.

He said a Liberal Party member he consulted also hasn’t seen the report.

Aquino pointed out that the AMLC is an independent body.

He also refused to comment on the issue, reiterating his earlier stance against giving unsolicited advice.

“Nakakatanda pa si VP sa akin, malaking tanda sa akin, hindi naman niya ako hiningan ng payo, e baka dapat ipasaain ko na lang muna ‘yung payo ko (The Vice President is older than me, much older, and he did not ask for my advice. Maybe I should just keep it to myself),” Aquino said.

AMLC said more than P600 million in cash was deposited in a single day in the bank accounts of Binay’s alleged dummies.

A total of P11 billion had been recorded in the bank accounts of Binay and others included in the AMLC report.