{"id":775521,"date":"2016-03-22T00:16:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T16:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=775521"},"modified":"2016-03-22T11:50:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T03:50:07","slug":"binays-achilles-heel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/775521\/binays-achilles-heel","title":{"rendered":"Binay\u2019s Achilles heel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VICE President Jojo Binay can never recover from the beating he got from his rivals at the second presidential debate in Cebu City on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n<p>That will surely bring his ratings down, and cost him the presidency.<\/p>\n\n<p>Binay was hard put replying to accusations from former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Sen. Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte that he was corrupt and, therefore, not fit to become President.<\/p>\n\n<p>Binay, a lawyer, became legalistic in his answers: He has not yet been convicted of the corruption charges against him, so he\u2019s presumed innocent.<\/p>\n\n<p>But he didn\u2019t answer the accusations directly and was\u00a0\u00a0 evasive.<\/p>\n\n<p>Binay accused Poe of leaving the country and becoming a US citizen when the latter brought up the corruption charges against him during the first few minutes of the debate.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Vice President\u2019s evasive answers to corruption allegations against him made millions of people realize why he didn\u2019t attend the Senate hearings on the alleged gross overpricing of the Makati City Hall parking building.<\/p>\n\n<p>Even his most rabid followers\u2014the unthinking and ignorant\u2014have probably changed their minds about voting for him.<\/p>\n\n<p>Binay was cornered and looked helpless at the second presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Valdes apologizes for allowing Binay to bring notes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVHwnfiDSzs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He tried to seek refuge from his notes or documents he brought with him to the podium, but he was told he would be\u00a0 violating the rules in the debate.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Vice President\u2019s insistence that he should be allowed to bring notes to the debate\u2014which the Commission on Elections said violated its rules\u2014delayed the start of the debate for one and a half hours.<\/p>\n\n<p>Binay argued for one a half hours with TV5 organizers, led by Luchi Cruz, and Commission on Elections officials at the scene, headed by Comelec Chair Andres Bautista, over\u00a0 bringing the\u00a0 documents.<\/p>\n\n<p>He blamed Cruz, who looked like she didn\u2019t do her homework, for allowing him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz apologized for her mistake, but Binay still took the notes with him to the debate, anyway.<\/p>\n\n<p>Binay\u2019s refusal to follow the no-notes rule in the second presidential debate\u2014he still brought documents with him to the podium\u2014is characteristic of the Vice President.<\/p>\n\n<p>He is too arrogant to follow regulations.<\/p>\n\n<p>In one instance, Binay\u2019s convoy of cars went against the flow of traffic in the opposite direction on a highway in Laguna province\u00a0 to overtake a long line of vehicles stuck in traffic on his lane.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sirens blared when the Vice President\u2019s convoy moved around, completely ignoring President Noynoy\u2019s admonition to all against using sirens in the first days of his administration.<\/p>\n\n<p>If Binay becomes President, it is most likely he will violate all the statutes in the book.<\/p>\n\n<p>You\u2019d\u00a0 be out of your mind if you vote for Binay.<\/p>\n\n<p>*\u00a0 * *<\/p>\n<p>It would not be surprising if Binay doesn\u2019t attend the third and final televised presidential debate.<\/p>\n\n<p>He might set the precondition that the corruption charges against him in the Office of the Ombudsman or Sandiganbayan should not be taken up during the debate.<\/p>\n\n<p>Or, he might come up with all kinds of excuses, like being sick on the day of the debate.<\/p>\n\n<p>He knows that attacks against him by his rivals will become stronger than the last debate.<\/p>\n<p>The corruption allegation is Binay\u2019s Achilles heel.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>RELATED VIDEOS<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Duterte, Roxas weigh in on Binay\u2019s insistence on bringing notes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j1urhGgo4cs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; 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