AUGUST 7 — The Palace is confident that Vice President Jejomar Binay’s attacks on the administration will not affect the latter’s popularity in future surveys, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said on Thursday.
“Naniniwala kami na ang ating mga Boss ay makatuwiran. Naniniwala kami na ang kanilang papanigan ay ang katotohanan. Naniniwala kami na sila ay fair o patas sa kanilang pagpapasya,” Secretary Coloma said.
“Kaya ito ang aming pinaninindigan. Kaya’t sa lahat ng aming ginagawa at ipinapahayag, tumatalima kami sa mga prinsipyo ng katotohanan, katuwiran at katarungan,” he told reporters during a press briefing in Malacañang.
Vice President Binay, in his “True State of the Nation Address”, had alleged shortcomings of the administration.
Coloma said that to address the issues being raised by the Vice President, the administration should focus on its platform of good governance through its advocacy of “daang matuwid”.
The administration, he said, is countering the claims made by the Vice President with concrete data and evidence.
“Mayroong datos diyan, may kongkretong katibayan, pwedeng tunghayan ng lahat ng mamamayan at pagpasyahan kung ito ay katanggap-tanggap sa kanila,” he said. PND (as)
