Vice President Jejomar C. Binay gestures during a news conference on June 24, 2015 in Manila. Binay is threatening to file charges against people who politicize the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. AP FILE
Vice President Jejomar Binay threatened to sue people who use the conditional cash transfer (CCT) for politics by putting administration allies and relatives as beneficiaries.
In his speech before residents of Barangay 178, Pasay City, on Monday, Binay said he would sue those politicizing the dole-out program.
鈥淵ung mga namimigay ng 4Ps, pag nahuli ko kayo, pahahabla ko kayo, electioneering yan,鈥� Binay said. 鈥淏awal sa gobyerno ang makialam, ang mamulitika,鈥� he added.
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Binay issued the statement as he sought to quell 鈥渂lack propaganda鈥� that he would discontinue the dole-out program also called the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps.
Binay, who accused the Aquino administration of politicizing the 4Ps, resigned from the Cabinet to assume the figure of the opposition.
Binay said he would not only improve the 4Ps, he would also add another P to the program 鈥� free 鈥減ustiso鈥� (false teeth) by including the elderly aged 60 to 64 in the program
鈥淪inasabi nila kapag ako naging pangulo. puputulin ko ang 4Ps. Kasinungalingan po yan! Sa totoo po, dadagdagan ko yan, palalawakin ko,鈥� Binay said in his聽speech later聽at the covered court of Barangay 183, Pasay city before noon.
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Binay said that as a child, he attended the Pasay City High School and went to the Libertad wet market in the wee hours of the morning.
鈥淎ko鈥檡 laki sa hirap. Taga-Pasay, nung bata ako, araw-araw ako nagpapalenge sa Libertad, sunusuong ko yang Libertad,鈥� Binay said.