Grace Poe fires back at Nancy Binay

Senator Nacy Binay and Senator Grace Poe. INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS

SENATOR Grace Poe on Tuesday turned the tables on Senator Nancy Binay, saying that the latter’s father should clear the air about the allegations being hurled at him.

“Ibig bang sabihin nun, lahat ng mga paratang laban sa kanya maski na may basehan ay hindi na nya sasagutin at haharapin dahil lamang sa pananaw nya na pinopolitika yun?” Poe said, apparently referring to Binay’s father, Vice President Jejomar Binay.

(Does it mean that he would not answer or face all allegations against him just because he believes these were politically motivated?)

“Utang nya sa atin na ipaliwanag at bigyang linaw ang mga akusasyon laban sa kanya,” Poe added.

(He owes us an explanation.)

She made the remarks when sought to comment on Senator Binay’s tirades that some of those who signed a committee report against her father, Vice President Jejomar Binay, should admit their “personal motives.”

READ: Nancy Binay dares colleagues: Get real, admit personal motives

Poe was among the 10 senators who signed the report of the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee that recommended the filing of plunder charges, among others, against the Vice President, son Makati Mayor Junjun Binay and other personalities involved in the alleged overpricing of the Makati City Hall 2 parking building.

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, who also signed the report, echoed Poe’s statement, saying that as Vice President, Binay owed it to the public to answer the allegations.

“Utang niya sa atin na sagutin at ipaliwanag ’yon, nasabi ko na yon dati at hindi magtago sa palda o sa ilalim ng pagsabi ng politika ito, may personal na motibo yung mga gumagawa nito,” Escudero told reporters.

(He owes it to us to answer and explain it, I’ve said that before   and he should not hide under the skirt or by simply saying that those behind this   have personal motives.)

“Maliwanag at klaro yung mga tanong, nanggaling pa nga sa isang ahensiya ng gobyerno, AMLC at isang korte, Court of Appeals. Hindi na ito simpleng akusasyon lamang ng mga kalaban niya sa politika,” he added.

(The questions were clear that even came from one agency of the government AMLC, and from the Court of Appeals. This is not just a simple accusation by his political rivals.

AMLC is Anti-Money Laundering Council that requested the Court of Appeals to freeze the bank accounts of Binay, some family members and his alleged dummies in connection with the Ombudsman’s investigation on the parking building controversy.

Besides, Escudero pointed out that the Vice President himself had said he wanted to answer the allegations in court after he refused to face his accusers at the Senate.

“Hindi ba siya ang nag-request mismo na bigyan siya ng pagkakataong sumagot sa tamang forum, in the proper forum, ’ika nga, yon yung binigay sa kanya ng sub-committee,” he further said.  AC

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