Binay fumes after youngest daughter dragged into Batangas estate issue

A day after Instagram photos of her youngest daughter were used as evidence in a Senate committee probe, Vice President Jejomar Binay has this to say: “Sobra na po.”

Binay laments that the issue on a Batangas hacienda’s ownership has affected his youngest daughter, Joanna Marie Binay.

“Alam mo ba nakakalungkot, ako’y sinisiraan pati ba naman ‘yung anak ko na bunso? Isinasama pa sa kinukutya at hinahamak. Bahala na Diyos sa kanila,” Binay said while in Camarines Sur.

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Senator Alan Peter Cayetano sought to prove Binay’s ownership of the controversial estate by presenting the photos, of which one had Joanna Marie’s comment claiming of their “place in Batangas.”

Joanna’s photos showed a vast pool, a dining hall, among others. These were then juxtaposed to photos taken during the Senate committee’s ocular inspection of the property. Cayetano also used the Instagram posts to determine the location of the photos taken.

But the Vice President argued that the photos do not prove ownership.

“Ano po bang masamang magpa-litrato. Yung place na iyon, may lease hold iyon. Tumatanggap ng bisita ang may ari noon. So evidence po ba iyon na nagpa-litrato ka sa isang lugar at sinabi mong in this place, ikaw na ang may ari? Hindi naman siguro evidence of ownership iyon,” he said.

Binay said it’s time to stop mudslinging.

“Sana matauhan naman po itong mga naninira sa aming pagkatao. Sana maitaas po natin ang lebel ng halalan. Hindi na ho ‘yung pulos kasinungalingan, paninira sa tao. Magpresenta po tayo kung ano ho ang inaasam-asam natin, ano ho ‘yung mga advocacies ho natin. Sana isang malinis po na pulitika,” Binay said.