Ang Epal Kapal Muks nakipagmeeting sa Pangulo at eto ang mga Requests daw ng Maitim na Mamang Kapal Muks!Binay made two requests to the President, said the little birdie. Binay, according to my source, asked the President to stop the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee which is investigating the reported gross overprice in the construction of the Makati City Hall Building II built when the Vice President was still the city mayor. This was the gist of the President’s reply to Binay’s request No. 1: “Jojo, I cannot stop the investigation because the Senate is independent. Besides, I have so many problems—the possible spread of the deadly Ebola virus brought by returning overseas workers, the Subic murder case, the evacuation of residents near the Mayon Volcano. Pati ba naman ’yan, poproblemahin ko pa (Do I have to solve your problem)?” Or words to that effect. Binay’s second request: For the President to take it easy on Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The President, according to my source, showed his irritation by giving Binay a wry smile. My source said that after Binay left, P-Noy told his staff: “If there are more cases to be filed against GMA, let’s file them.” * * * If what the Palace source told me is all true, the meeting that Binay sought with the President was a desperate act. Why would he ask the President to stop the Senate investigation, where his family’s incredible hidden wealth has been exposed by his detractors, when as a lawyer he knows full well that Malacañang cannot dictate on a coequal body? Binay’s request No. 2—for the President to go easy on GMA—is puzzling. Why is he taking the cudgels for Gloria when, as he claimed, he was once a victim of harassment by the previous administration? Binay has never known to be magnanimous. Why is he making the request only now when he could have done so after a Cabinet meeting in the past? Remember, Binay, being presidential adviser on the concerns of the overseas workers and on housing for the poor, is a Cabinet member. The answer to the puzzle is Binay probably didn’t know how to go about appeasing the President after kicking him from behind. So he had to have talking points for seeking an audience with P-Noy, whose mother, the late President Cory, made him. Hence, the foolish requests. Follow Us 5352 92 10 5606 Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/645450/what-transpired-during-aquino-binay-meeting#ixzz3GSrEve2a Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 03:42:56 +0000