Binay no longer interested in Cabinet post in next admin

[xtremerider]

Binay no longer interested in Cabinet post in next admin
JAM L. SISANTE, GMANews.TV
06/23/2010 | 04:15 PM


Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay will no longer seek any Cabinet post in the next administration, but said that he will still support President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III once they assume the country's leadership on June 30.

The two had a nearly two-hour meeting Wednesday in Aquino's residence on Times Street, Quezon City, where Binay "reiterated… his decision to decline any Cabinet position so as not to burden the President and allow him to focus on the many challenges facing the nation," Joey Salgado, Binay's media affairs officer, said in a text message.

Binay confirmed this in an ambush interview with reporters after the meeting, which he described as a "social, cordial meeting" between friends.

"Wala pa sa ngayon. Siguro tignan na lang natin 'yung mga darating na araw (Nothing so far. Let's see in the coming days)," he said.


A reliable source in the Aquino camp said Binay was offered a position but the outgoing Makati mayor declined it and instead promised to support Aquino. The source, however, did not disclose what post was offered to Binay.

Binay had publicly said that he wants to be the secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), but Aquino has expressed misgivings about giving him the post.

Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo, a Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service in 2000, is rumored to be Aquino's choice for the DILG post.

Ties with Aquinos

Binay has deep ties to the Aquino family that go back to the Marcos era when he was a street parliamentarian and a human rights activist.

When Aquino's mother, the late President Corazon "Cory" Aquino, assumed office in 1986, Binay was named officer-in-charge of Makati, a post he or his wife, Elenita, would occupy for more than two decades.

During the 1987 coup attempt, Binay was among the first local officials to go to Malacañang to defend Mrs. Aquino from military rebels. Heavily armed and ready for combat, he was nicknamed Rambotito, also a reference to his small physical stature.

In recent history, Mrs. Aquino in 1986 and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2001 were the only presidents to give their respective vice presidents Cabinet posts.

In Mrs. Aquino's time, the late Salvador "Doy" Laurel was named foreign affairs minister. On the other hand, Mrs. Arroyo named Teofisto Guingona Jr. foreign affairs secretary. Both Laurel and Guingona, however, had a falling out with their respective presidents, which resulted in their resignations from the Cabinet.

In 1992, President Fidel Ramos did not give then Vice President Joseph Estrada any Cabinet post, but named the latter head of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (PACC). In 2004, Mrs. Arroyo also did not give Vice President Noli de Castro any Cabinet portfolio, only designating him as the administration's housing czar. — KBK/RSJ/HS, GMANews.TV

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[chua_riwap]

Nagtampo na si VPNay.........

[boybi]

Naku, delikado yan. Pag walang binigay na trabaho si Noynoy dyan, e di walang gagawin yan for the next 6yrs. Baka kung anu-ano na ang maisip nyang gawin

[water]

Ibalik sa MMDA yan para malaman kung sino magaling sa kanila ni bayani fernando.

Tapos biglang binalik nga noh. Yari tayo mga may kotse.

[malinkelly]

^hindi naman siguro, I think alam niyang bibigyan siya ng posisyon pero, ayaw niyang magsalita kasi baka mapahiya lang..

[vinj]

Naku, delikado yan. Pag walang binigay na trabaho si Noynoy dyan, e di walang gagawin yan for the next 6yrs. Baka kung anu-ano na ang maisip nyang gawin

He's basically going to raise funds and campaign for the Presidency for the next six years.

[shadow]

he is not interested for any cabinet position bec he is only interested in one position the Presidency, ibigay kaya ni Aquino?

[vito corleone]

patampo effect pa si binay. . .e kung hindi nga sya bigyan, baka mabigla sya. . .umpisa pa lang, problema na. . .swerte si darth pandak at si noli ang vp nya

[holdencaulfield]

dapat ilagay sya sa DEpED! si JEJEMOR BINAY ang sagot sa mga maling mag ispelling na mga JEJEMON!
tama ba ispelling ko jejemor? jejomar roxas? please correct me if i'm wrong

[nickriingen]

Ibalik sa MMDA yan para malaman kung sino magaling sa kanila ni bayani fernando.

Tapos biglang binalik nga noh. Yari tayo mga may kotse.

Naku poh huwag naman po ilagay sa MMDA si Boy Negro/ Nognog! Kawawa mga motorists diyan, NUMBER CODING, TOWING lang naman alam niyan na traffic solution!!!! Baka buong Pilipinas i- suggest number coding laban sa traffic. Just imagine kahit NLEX, SCTEX, SLEX, Star Tollway may number coding.**** nya! Di pa nga siya na inaugurate as Vice President, dami na niya ambisyon na puwesto. Makita mo pagka gahaman ng tao na iyan. Much better kung si Bayani Fernando ibalik sa MMDA after one year.