UNITED Nationalist Alliance standard bearer Vice President Jejomar Binay cast his ballot at a middle-class village in Makati City and expressed confidence he would win the elections although he feared his political opponents will still resort to cheating.
Accompanied by his son, former Makati mayor Junjun Binay, Binay arrived at the San Antonio National High School to cast his ballot early Monday morning while his wife and daughters followed later in the morning.
“I hope that we’ll have clean elections,” Binay said after casting his ballot. “My concern is massive cheating, especially what they have done to me. The first of two phases have happened. What’s left is the principal phase.”
The vice president did not expound on what he though were the two phases, but Binay’s camp earlier cast suspicion on his slump in the last presidential surveys, where the former frontrunner slid to take fourth place out of five bets.
Despite his fears, however, Binay said he was still confident of winning.
“Last night, I’ve prepared my victory speech because I think, like what you’ve seen during the campaign, I will really win,” Binay said.
Meanwhile, suspended Mayor Junjun dismissed allegations that his father will be put behind bars right after May 30, the last day of his father’s term as vice president which also ends his immunity from charges.
The younger Binay said his father is not afraid of any charges because the corruption cases against his family have no basis.
For his part, the vice president said he witnessed some election offenses committed by his political rivals during the election in Makati.
He said rival candidates’ poll watchers were seen wearing colored shirts identified with his opponents.
“We have already prepared the complaint,” Binay said.
“That’s were the cheating happens. I hope the Commission on Elections will be fair enough,” Binay added.