Roxas tells Mayor Binay: ‘You don’t own Makati’

Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II on Tuesday asked Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay to respect the suspension order issued against him by the Ombudsman.

“Hindi po ninyo pag-aari ang Makati, Mayor Binay. Walang naghahari-hari dito kung hindi ang batas. Batas po ang ipinapatupad at ‘yan din naman lang po ang ginagawa ng DILG at PNP (Department of Interior and Local Government and Philippine National Police),” he told reporters at Camp Aguinaldo after a meeting on disaster preparedness.

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(You don’t own Makati, Mayor Binay. No one rules it except for laws. The rule of law prevails there and the DILG and the PNP are just carrying it out.)

Violence broke out at Makati City Hall after DILG officials served the suspension order. They were prevented from entering the city hall so they just posted the order at the building’s entrance.

Supporters of Binay also threw bottled waters and chairs to police authorities.

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The Ombudsman issued a second suspension order to Binay over the allegedly overpriced Makati City Science High School.

“Nananawagan po ako kay Mayor Binay na bumaba na po. Hindi po ito isang telenovela. Hindi po ito drama tungkol sa inyong pamilya, sa inyong paghahari-hari sa Makati. Ito po ay tungkol sa batas. Ang batas po ay nagsasabi na sinuspende kayo ng Ombudsman,” Roxas said.

(I am calling on Mayor Binay to step down. This is not a telenovela. This is not a drama about your family and your reign in Makati. This is about the law. And the law says you have been suspended by the Ombudsman.)

Source: inquirer.net