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Philippine vice president declares candidacy blasts Aquino
(MENAFN- Arab News) MANILA: Controversial Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday angrily lashed out at President Benigno Aquino as he declared his determination to run for president in 2016.
Binay 73 a former staunch supporter of the Aquino family accused the ruling administration of practicing 'twisted justice' and of failing to improve life for the poor in the Southeast Asian archipelago of 100 million.
'This is what our people are seeking: a government that is the opposite of the callous and failing government that we have today' Binay who previously refrained from directly attacking Aquino said.
His remarks came after he resigned from his cabinet post Monday as special adviser on the millions of Filipino workers overseas.
It also comes amid efforts of a government anti-corruption agency to charge him for corruption allegedly committed during his many years as mayor of the financial district of Makati before he became vice president.
Binay said these charges were politically motivated to keep him from running in the 2016 presidential elections.
Aquino who is barred by law from running for another term is widely expected to endorse a successor from his own Liberal Party in 2016. Binay is not a member of that party.
'If your plan was to prevent me from running for president in 2016 you have made a mistake. I do not run from a fight' Binay said.
He assailed Aquino's record saying that only a small elite of Aquino's allies had benefited from the economic growth and policies under the president.
'This is the twisted justice of the administration today' he said.
Addressing the public he said: 'I will be with you through thick and thin but now as the leader of the opposition.'
Aquino's spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that during the five years in Aquino's cabinet he had never criticized the administration's policies.
'He has made the unfortunate choice to commence his presidential run with statements that he could have otherwise discussed with the president as a cabinet member but chose not to' Lacierda said in a statement.
Under Philippine law the president and vice president are elected separately allowing Aquino and Binay to be voted in as president and vice president respectively in 2010 even though they were not running mates.
However Aquino in keeping with a longstanding political tradition appointed Binay to his cabinet.
Despite the charges against him surveys have shown that Binay enjoys high approval ratings and comes at or near the top of potential presidential winners in 2016.
Binay 73 a former staunch supporter of the Aquino family accused the ruling administration of practicing 'twisted justice' and of failing to improve life for the poor in the Southeast Asian archipelago of 100 million.
'This is what our people are seeking: a government that is the opposite of the callous and failing government that we have today' Binay who previously refrained from directly attacking Aquino said.
His remarks came after he resigned from his cabinet post Monday as special adviser on the millions of Filipino workers overseas.
It also comes amid efforts of a government anti-corruption agency to charge him for corruption allegedly committed during his many years as mayor of the financial district of Makati before he became vice president.
Binay said these charges were politically motivated to keep him from running in the 2016 presidential elections.
Aquino who is barred by law from running for another term is widely expected to endorse a successor from his own Liberal Party in 2016. Binay is not a member of that party.
'If your plan was to prevent me from running for president in 2016 you have made a mistake. I do not run from a fight' Binay said.
He assailed Aquino's record saying that only a small elite of Aquino's allies had benefited from the economic growth and policies under the president.
'This is the twisted justice of the administration today' he said.
Addressing the public he said: 'I will be with you through thick and thin but now as the leader of the opposition.'
Aquino's spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that during the five years in Aquino's cabinet he had never criticized the administration's policies.
'He has made the unfortunate choice to commence his presidential run with statements that he could have otherwise discussed with the president as a cabinet member but chose not to' Lacierda said in a statement.
Under Philippine law the president and vice president are elected separately allowing Aquino and Binay to be voted in as president and vice president respectively in 2010 even though they were not running mates.
However Aquino in keeping with a longstanding political tradition appointed Binay to his cabinet.
Despite the charges against him surveys have shown that Binay enjoys high approval ratings and comes at or near the top of potential presidential winners in 2016.
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