”We did not hear any complaints from you for five years and now, this?”
This was Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas’ question to Vice President Jejomar Binay after the latter lashed at the administration of President Benigno Aquino III and called it “insensitive” and “bumbling.”
“Limang taon na wala tayong nadinig tapos bigla na lang iba pala ang kulo sa loob at biglang babanat,” a perplexed Roxas told reporters in an ambush interview in Bohol province on Monday.
Roxas hit back anew at Binay following the strong statements from the Vice President blasting the current administration’s incompetence two days after he quit the Aquino cabinet last week.
Binay, an erstwhile ally of the Aquinos, also said in his speech that he would be taking over the opposition against the ruling political party. Binay will run for the presidency in the 2016 elections.
But the recent statements of Binay left Roxas, his known political nemesis, confused when he recalled the Vice President’s demeanor during the previous State of the Nation Address of Aquino.
“Sa bawat SONA, nandoon siya pumapalakpak, wala tayong nadinig sa kanya for five years. Ano ba ang sinseridad? Ano ba ang katotohanan? Totoo ba yung pumapalakpak siya, at ngumingiti siya o tumatango siya? Totoo ba ang sinasabi niya ngayon?” he said.
(Every SONA, he was there applauding, we didn’t hear anything from him for five years. What is sincerity? What is the truth? Was he sincere when he applauded, smiled and nodded? Is what he’s saying now true?)
The Department of Interior and Local Government secretary said Binay could have said his sentiments directly to the President and not waited for five years to speak out.
“Everyday, pwede niyang sinabi ito sa Pangulo; everyday, pwede niyang sinabi ito sa memo; everyday pwede niyang ibulong ito o sabihin ng (direkta),” Roxas added.
(He could have told the President his sentiments every day, through a memo, or even whispered them to the President.) AU
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