{"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":"

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

That will surely bring his ratings down, and cost him the presidency.<\/p>\n\n

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

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

But he didn\u2019t answer the accusations directly and was\u00a0\u00a0 evasive.<\/p>\n\n

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

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

Even his most rabid followers\u2014the unthinking and ignorant\u2014have probably changed their minds about voting for him.<\/p>\n\n

Binay was cornered and looked helpless at the second presidential debate.<\/p>\n