March 16, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Campaign Finance, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Local Government, Noynoy Watch
Binay’s P200M pork train to Palace
WE ARE reprinting this story originally titled “Binay bags P200-M PDAF: Pork train to Malacanang?” by PCIJ Executive Director Malou Mangahas and published on our website on July 22, 2012.
WITHIN six months after he took his oath in June 2010 as the country’s 15th Vice President, Jejomar ‘Jojo’ C. Binay, had two wishes fulfilled, with a lot of help from President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III and his friends in Congress.
First, Aquino granted Binay’s request to set up official residence and workplace at the newly renovated Coconut Palace in Manila, a 2.7-hectare “Imeldific” complex built in 1978 supposedly for P1.2-billion.
Second, Aquino and Congress allowed Binay to have his own pork barrel – until then the exclusive perk of lawmakers – although they later pruned his plea for P500-million pork per year to only P200 million.
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PRESIDENT AQUINO, right, with Vice President Binay during happier times| PCOO Photo
3 Responses to Binay’s P200M pork train to Palace
Pilipino Laban sa Korapsyon
March 16th, 2015 at 3:04 pm
Can we have an audit and check where this P200M pork barrel went? This proves that contrary to Binay’s assertion, he is an ally of Aquino. At least Pnoy treated him as such with this P200M pork barrel, normally not given to VP.
Flora Flores
March 17th, 2015 at 4:30 pm
why reprint and revisit this issue? please don’t be like those pathetic politicians who does not have anything better to do than point fingers and ruin other people so that they can advance themselves in the game… ano ba yan…
Julius Mariveles
March 17th, 2015 at 5:20 pm
Because we think that people deserve to know about this, Flora. We hope that we have provided you with the context to the current stories about the Binays. Thanks for dropping by and do visit us again.