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| Senator Trillanes during the interview dated April 16 |
Despite the challenge of Makati
Representative Mar-len Abigail Binay to Senator Antonio
"Sonny" Fuentes Trillanes IV to resign, Trillanes remains firm saying
that if there are people meant to step down, it should be the Binay clan.
“That’s petty and even childish. Hindi
naman ako nagnakaw .Hindi ako magnanakaw
like their family so kung may
magre-resign dito, sila dapat na
nag-aabuso ng kapangyarihan,” Trillanes said.
Trillanes
stunned the Senate and media after exposing the bribery allegation of the 2
Court of Appeal (CA) justices saying that CA justice Jose Reyes Jr. and
Francicsco Acosta each received P25-million as a payment to stop the suspension
of Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. on
corruption charges.
“Kase sinabi nila ‘you name names’. I
was in the process of validating the information and eventually, the
information was validated and I was so sure of the information I received,”
Trillanes stated.
In addition,
Trillanes claimed that the challenge of the Binay camp was just an additional
motivation to expose the names of the justices involved.
Inside
rumors around the senate says that the source of this information was relayed
by another CA justice however, Trillanes did not disclose the information
saying that he has no comment and refused to name the informant.
Even
so, Trillanes stated that it is probable that other people knew about this
issue but they chose not to expose it.
After
Representative Binay proclaimed Trillanes as a big embarrassment to the institution,
Trillanes commented it was a big embarrassment probably to Representative Binay
because that is how they look at things. “I believe to the rest of the country,they
feel differently,” Trillanes said.
Earlier last
month, Trillanes would like to further inspect the matter regarding the BInays
about the alleged corruption of the Makati Friendship Suites and the Makati
Homeville in Calauan, Laguna.
Lawyer Ronaldo
Bondal disclosed the issue about Vice President Binay overpricing the said
projects.
Last April 16, 2
of the Makati residents attended the hearing saying that VP Binay’s promises
about their relocation were all lies.
Edison Rivera and
Domingo Arcilla were among the people who were re-located to Laguna last 2009
in Binay’s Homeville project.
“Binigyan ho kami ng dalawang kilo bigas na
masama ang lasa, dalawang sardinas na kupi…Pagkarating po, iniwanan na kami,”
Rivera said during the hearing.
After arriving to
the site, the residents were left with no electricity or water supply.
In addition, the
structures in the site were not as homely as the residents expected saying that
the cement used was feeble and they have no means of livelihood.
The
residents also claim that meters away from the Binay mansion in Makati, lived
the hundreds of people who are living below the average income.
Senator
Trillanes is one of the senators actively participating in the Senate Committee
hearings regarding the allegations against the Binays. However, Trillanes
claims that he is not exposing all the Binay secrets for his political
ambitions.
“I plan to run for
VP pero hindi yan konektado sa mga expose
ko kasi kahit noon na hindi pa ako
kandidato o politiko, sundalo pa ko noon, ginawa ko na ito. Kaya nga ako nakulong ng 7 and ½ years.
So I’m just being consistent. Kapag kailangan may tindigan, titindigan
natin.”
In addition,
Trillanes explained that the evidences are offered by the individuals of the
Binay camp saying that they cannot handle the malicious actions done by the
Binays.
“Nung nag-embark ako dito sa crusade na ito against
the corruption of the Binay family,napatunayan
naman natin. Marami tayong pinakita.
Marami tayong mga testigo at mga dokumentong nilabas,” Trillanes explained.
“Taumbayan ang
manghuhusga kung nagkamali nga ako o hindi,” he added.
Just recently,
Trillanes said that VP Binay might even back out of the Presidential race on
the upcoming elections because of the allegations and issued thrown to him.
For almost 20
years of being in office of Jejomar Binay Sr as a Makati Mayor and now the Vice President of the country, Trillanes
says that the former Makati mayor not do his duty well as a leader.
“VP Binay
definitely did not do his part as the VP. Kase
ngayon binigay siyang role or designation as housing SAR. Siya yung in-charge ng mga housing para sa mahihirap. Dun sa hearing, lumabas kung
ano yung mga informal settlers na di-nemolish
sa Makati at tinapon dun sa Laguna,.”
Aside from Vice
President Jejomar Binay Sr.,Trillanes claimed that Senator Juan Ponce Enrile
Sr. was also one of the black sheep of
the Senate.
“Eversince his
career expand 50 years, kahit saan mo
siya ilagay, nag-abuso siya,”Trillanes exclaimed pertaining to Senator
Enrile.
“ Nung panahon ng Martial law siya yung
Minister of Defense tapos eventually
nung naging Senate President siya ganun din. Puro pag-aabuso kaya
tinindigan natin siya,” he added.
The former post of
Vice President Binay was believed to be one of the most progressed cities in
the country and might have pushed the people to vote him as VP expecting that
he could turn the country like Makati as well.
Nevertheless,
Trillanes claims that the progressed Makati was created by the Ayala’s and not
the Binay’s.
“Yung pagiging maunlad ng isang Lungsod, ay
base sa location nung mga negosyo. Bago pa naging Mayor si VP Binay, karamihan ng mga malalaking negosyo sa bansa ay diyan naka-locate
yung kanilang mga headquarters so kaya diyan sila nagbabayad ng buwis and
therefore, nabibilang yan sa income ng Makati,” Trillanes explained.
He added that the
population of the city was not that huge and so, the Binay’s did not have to
take care of many residents.
“Yung magandang bahagi ng Makati, hindi si VP Binay yang gumawa niyan. Yung mga Ayala ang gumawa niyan,” he said.
“Yung may tulay sa ilalaim ng Guadalupe,
yung may mga informal settlers at
squatter, yun ang Makati ni Binay,” Trillanes assured.
Trillanes secures
that he would not stop the investigations until the truth would come out and
the abuse of power would remain to be disclosed.
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| Janine Perea and Sen. Anotonio Trillanes IV |
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