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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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MANILA – The camp of former vice president Jejomar Binay Sr. and former Makati City mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. accused the Office of the Ombudsman of “selective justice.”
Spokesperson Joel Salgado said Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales seemed to have disregarded the answers to the accusations hurled against the Binays.
“The allegations have been answered, but apparently disregarded by the Ombudsman,” said Salgado. “It once again underscores the selective prosecution of the Binays and the Ombudsman’s tendency to look the other way when other political personalities are involved.”
Binays, however, expressed confidence that in a “fair and impartial trial, they will be able to clear their names and dispute the baseless charges of a patently biased Ombudsman.”
On Thursday, Binays were charged with four counts of graft and three counts of falsification of public documents each before the Sandiganbayan for the alleged anomalous construction of the Makati Science High School (MSHS).
According to Carpio-Morales, the Binays appeared to have connivance in rigging the procurement, bid and award of contracts for architectural and engineering services, and the six contracts for the construction of the school.
Aside from the MSHS fiasco, the Binays also have pending charges with regards to the alleged overpriced construction of the Makati City Hall Parking Building II, which has yet to be filed at Sandiganbayan./PN
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