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In tears, Abby Binay appeals to Junjun: Give me a chance

In tears, Abby Binay appeals to Junjun: Give me a chance

Trishia Billones,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Oct 15, 2018 03:05 PM PHT

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MANILA - Makati Mayor Abby Binay on Monday has appealed to her brother Junjun to drop his mayoralty bid in 2019, amid a publicized rift that has left the political family divided.

"This will divide our family even after the elections. You know my brother...through all the joy and the sorrow I have been with him. In all the crises that he has been through, personally and politically, I was with him," said Binay, before becoming emotional during an interview with ANC's Headstart.

"I was with him at the Senate, I was with him in city hall. I was standing up for him. Ate (older sister) ako e, di 'ba. Sana bigyan niya ako ng chance," Binay added, before breaking into tears.

(I wish he would give me a chance.)

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Binay said her brother "will have his turn...and he had his turn."

The business district mayor also said it was "inconceivable" for them to be rivals.

"Hindi ko maintindihan bakit niya ako binabangga," she added.

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(I don't understand why he's fighting me.)

Binay said their father, former vice president Jejomar Binay has signified that he would run alongside her and that Junjun has been told not to seek the mayoral post.

"My father has been trying to convince him not to run. My father has been also consistent in his position, even when it came to everyone else in the family, that Junjun should not run," she said.

Binay said their family had a meeting over the weekend, but she did not go. She said she spoke separately with her father instead.

She said their father wanted Junjun to run for a congressional seat instead, so that the former vice president would not have to, but her brother wanted the mayoral post.

"It doesn’t make sense why he wants to run for mayor when he knows for a fact that there’s an opening for Congress that he doesn’t want," she said.

The former vice president would be seeking to represent the city's first district in the upcoming elections. Binay's husband, Luis Campos, would run for re-election as the representative of the second district.

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Solon hits PDP-LABAN statement on electing senators who will stand with Sara Duterte

Solon hits PDP-LABAN statement on electing senators who will stand with Sara Duterte

Vivienne Gulla,

ABS-CBN News

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MANILA — Two lawmakers criticized the statement of PDP-Laban urging voters to elect senators, who will be allies of Vice President Sara Duterte, saying Filipinos should vote based on candidates’ platforms and not to protect one person. 

“So ‘yun ang basis ng buong kampanya nila, is to add more numbers to help the Vice President. Makikita n’yo naman po sa mga ibang kandidato, plataporma po ang ibinibida nila at sakai pinapakita nila sa taong bayan. So, dapat po ‘yung tao doon naka-focus, sa plataporma po, hindi po ‘yung pagprotekta lang ng interes ng isang tao,” House Deputy Majority Leader and La Union 1st District Representative Francisco Paolo Ortega V said.

“I do agree na sinabi piliin natin maiigi, pero ano ba ang tamang basehan? Is it because para sa isang tao or para sa bansa natin? At the end of the day, dapat pro-Philippines ang mga pipiliin natin,” House Assistant Majority Leader and Manila City 1st District Representative Ernesto Dionisio added.

In a statement last February 6, PDP Laban called on Filipino voters to choose their senators wisely, noting that the Senate will decide on the fate of the Vice President, who will be the subject of an impeachment trial. A vote of two-thirds of all members of the Senate is needed to convict the Vice President and remove her from office.

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“At the end of the day, impeachment is a numbers game and the more allies she has in the Senate, the better for our country,” the statement read.

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