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Binay raises anew Poe’s citizenship issue at final debate

By: - Reporter / @MAgerINQ
/ 10:00 PM April 24, 2016

UNLIKE  the  last debate,  there were no fireworks  or heated  arguments   when  Vice President  Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe  faced off again on Sunday  on the issue of the latter’s citizenship.

During the “face off” segment of  the third and final presidential debate  in Pangasinan,  Binay  asked Poe if  she could still work   in the United States  even   if she is not a citizen of that country.

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“Hindi ho kailangan itakwil niyo, ikahiya ninyo na ikaw ay mamamayan ng Pilipinas, makakapagtrabaho ka rin kahit na ikaw ay hindi mamamayan, ‘di ba? “  Binay asked.

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“Totoo po. Ano po ‘yung tanong niyo, ‘yon na po?”  Poe said to which Binay answered yes.

“Totoo po. Pero ‘nung mga pagkakataon na ‘yon, inisip ko rin, sa totoo, kasama ko ang aking pamilya at hindi po sa kakulangan ng pagmamahal sa bansa kundi dahil parang iniisip ko hindi ako mawawalay sa kanila. Marami namang ganoong sitwasyon, bumabalik rin naman dito, hindi naman po nababawasan ang pagmamahal sa bayan,” she said.

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But Binay insisted why  Poe had to  abandon her citizenship when she could still work  in the  US  even without  doing it.

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“Alam niyo po, meron po tayong batas na kinikilala ang mga kababayan natin na umalis, nagkaroon ng citizenship sa iba pero dual dito dahil nagmamahal pa rin sa ating bansa at may kontribusyon,” Poe said.

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“Sa ating mga kababayan, wala naman akong ibang intensyon kundi mabuhay nang marangal kasama ng aking pamilya. Pamilyang Pilipino saan man sa mundo, hindi po nawawala. Sabi ko nga, puwede mong alisin ang Pilipino sa Pilipinas pero hindi mo maalis ang Pilipinas sa puso ng Pilipino.”

“Basta po, Vice, patuloy ang pagmamahal ko sa bansa, pati ‘yung ating nais mangyari—totoo, natira ako sa ibang bansa—nakita ko kung anong pwedeng gawin para sa atin dito. Mas malawak na ang aking pananaw. Hindi po ako nagkaroon ng mga pribilehiyo doon, na kung nanatili ako dito siguro hindi ko matututunan,”  she added.

A heated  exchange  ensued when  Binay raised the same issue against Poe during the  last  presidential debate held in Cebu last Month.

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