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Binay grateful for Rody’s promise of support

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VICE President Jejomar Binay on Thursday said he was grateful for the unexpected announcement by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte that if he is disqualified, he would campaign for Binay in the 2016 elections.

“I am very thankful for what Mayor Duterte had said. But I would like to emphasize that Mayor Digong is very much qualified. We have the same beginning. We are both models for correct governance in the executive department,” Binay said in a radio interview.

Duterte has earlier said he would support Binay instead of administration bet Manuel Roxas II, if he and Senator Grace Poe are disqualified from running in the 2016 elections.

Speech down south. Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Gringo Honasan greet Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao after his speech in General Santos City, his hometown, in which he urged his audience to support Binay’s presidential run in next year’s elections. 

“I don’t care if I’m disqualified but this much I can say: I do not have any respect for you,” Duterte said, addressing Roxas in a television interview. “If Grace and I are disqualified, I will campaign for Binay.”

But Binay urged Duterte to continue his campaign.

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Also on Thursday, Binay said if he wins, all Filipinos, particularly in Mindanao where power problems are rife, will have access to cheap electricity and a secure, long-term supply of power.

“We will pursue legislative measures to address the energy need, including the liberalization of the constitutional policies on foreign investments,” Binay said.

He noted the importance of getting more investors in the power sector and vowed to streamline the application process for the construction of power plants.

“My administration will cut down the bureaucratic inefficiencies that delay the construction of new power plants. It currently requires 160 signatures gathered over two years before a new power plant is approved,” he said.

“We will streamline the application process for new power plants to ramp-up Mindanao’s power supply,” he added.

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