đź“·Sen. Nancy Binay
FOR some, name-calling is no big deal – but not for Senator Nancy Binay who had just filed a complaint before the ethics committee against a senator who happens to be a member of the family whom she consider as their mortal enemy
According to Binay, name-calling is a red flag especially coming from a sitting senator, who she accused of allegedly behaving disorderly during the chamber’s proceedings.
“This is not just about me. Nanay ako. May mga anak ako at alam ko ang mga pinagdaanan ng mga bata noong tinitira niya yung pamilya ko noong 2015 and parang during this time, I cannot let it pass anymore,” Binay was quoted as saying in an interview with Senate reporters.
The formal complaint was submitted days after the two senators engaged in what looks more like a petty street quarrel at the wrong place and the wrong time amid controversies hounding the P23-billion spent for the unfinished New Senate Building (NSB) in Taguig.
During the hearing,Cayetano insisted that the building’s cost would total a whopping P23 billion. However, Binay insisted Cayetano’s figure is two billion higher than the P21 million reported by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
It was at this point that Cayetano started berating Binay who he claimed to be disrupting the hearing.
The heated exchange resulted in name-calling, personal attacks, and accusations, leading to claims that Binay was providing questions to some media practitioners to discredit her fellow senators.
Cayetano even reminded Binay that her first name is Lourdes and not Marites, for which the lady senator decided to walk out of the hearing – but not until she got the DPWH to state that the cost of NSB is only P21 billion and not P23 billion.
Binay earlier said that the issues surrounding the NSB were a deliberate attempt to destroy the Senate – could be the continuation of Cayetano’s persecution of his father – former Vice President Jejomar Binay.
“It reminds me of 2015. This is a replay of the 24 senate hearings in 2015… Tao lang din naman tayo and parang yung sugat na akala ko naghilom na, parang binuksan ulit dahil naaalala ko yung ginawa sa pamilya ko, kung paano nila sinira yung pangalan namin,” she added. (ANGEL F. JOSE)
