Carry on, V-nay MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 06/23/2010

Carry on, V-nay

MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 06/23/2010 From all indications and from reliable sources in the Aquino-Roxas camp, defeated vice presidential candidate Mar Roxas has gotten his wish that no Cabinet position be given to Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay who received a mandate to govern from close to 15 million voters. So be it. Vice President Binay can now discharge the equally important job of being the leader of a loyal but critical opposition. As P-Noy original defender Billy Esposo observed in his Philippine Star column yesterday: “We must be alarmed over this developing rift between the President-elect and Vice President-elect because of the sensitivities of defeated P-Noy runningmate, Mar Roxas. If it is important for P-Noy to attain the cooperation of his presidential rivals, then it is imperative that his vice president — Jojo Binay (V-Nay) — does not become the rallying point of the new opposition”... “It is one thing to give or not to give V-Nay the DILG (Department of the Interior and Local Government) portfolio. It is political suicide to vilify V-Nay and transform him into an opposition rallying point.” At Monday night’s cocktails to close the 340th anniversary of Makati, the people in attendance included more than 200 mayors, most of whom belong to Lakas-Kampi-CMD. VP Binay would have been the best person to unite local officials to support the administration of P-Noy.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100623com4.html

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