Nancy Binay urges 2016 aspirants: Love, don’t hurt each other

Sen. Nancy Binay. INQUIRER.net/HOTARU NIITSU

Instead of resorting to personal attacks, Senator Nancy Binay called on all candidates running for public office in 2016 to spread love at least during this holiday season.

“Love, love, love na lang dahil panahon ng pagkakaisa (Just spread love, because it’s the season for unity),” Binay told reporters on Tuesday.

“This is not the time to bash each other and hopefully sana pagdating ng election, hindi maging ganu’n ang tono ng pangangampanya na personalan (This is not the time to bash each other and hopefully when the election comes, the campaign won’t get personal),” she said.

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Her father, Vice President Jejomar Binay, is running for president in 2016.

The Vice President’s running mate, Senator Gringo Honasan, also urged candidates not to allow the political situation “to deteriorate into personality attacks.”

“It’s not good on the eve of the election,” Honasan said during the same interview with the lady senator.

He also refused to comment on the verbal tussle between two presidential candidate, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, saying the Vice President’s team was focused on presenting to the public its platforms and programs for the country.

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Duterte reportedly said that he would slap Roxas for supposedly saying that the mayor’s reputation as a crime buster was a “myth.”

Also sought for comment on Duterte and Roxas’ tirades, Senator Binay said: “Dapat move forward na lang siguro. In a few days, Christmas na e. ‘Pag Pasko, it’s a time to give love so sana magkaayos silang dalawa na walang nagaganap na sampalan.”

(They should perhaps just move forward. In a few days, it will be Christmas already. On Christmas, it’s time to give love, so I hope they patch thing up and not resort to slapping each other anymore.) IDL