Binay wants Honasan as crime czar

NASUGBU, Batangas—Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan will be the country’s crime czar if he wins as vice president, according to United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) standard-bearer Jejomar Binay.

The Vice President Binay made the announcement about his running mate on Friday during his rally at this town on the fourth day of the national elections campaign.

“Si Gringo Honasan ang crime czar. Siya ang sasagot sa problema sa katahimikan,” Binay said in his speech before residents of Barangay Wawa.

During the Kapihan sa Senado forum on Thursday, Honasan said Binay had offered him a position of crime czar if both of them won the country’s top two positions.

Binay is trying his luck in his hometown province, where his father is a native of the municipality of Bauan.

READ: Binay goes to Batangas, woos father’s home province

Binay also wanted to penetrate Batangas where majority of the government positions are dominated by the ruling Liberal Party.

LP swept the provincial board in the 2013 elections, led party members Gov. Vilma Santos and Vice Gov. Mark Leviste.

In the province’s 34 cities and municipalities, UNA has only a mayor in Lian and a vice mayor in Batangas City. In at least 14 municipalities, both mayors and vice mayors are from LP.

In the 2010 elections, Binay won in Batangas over LP bet Mar Roxas in the vice presidential race by around 175,000 votes. Binay got 558,748 votes, while Roxas got 383,170. RC

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