If elected president, Binay plans to send Duterte to jail

With the May 9 elections just a few weeks away, traditional politicking and mudslinging are rapidly intensifying between candidates.

In a recent interview in Dipolog City in Zamboanga del Norte, Vice-President Jejomar Binay told the reporters that he will create an independent investigation body that will look into allegations surrounding Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and his association with the Davao Death Squad:

“Kung ako ang maging presidente, ipakukulong ko ang mamamatay-bata at pumapapatay ng mga mahihirap….Sisiguraduhin ko na paparusahan ang Davao Death Squad kasama na si Duterte na ilang beses nang umaming siya ang Davao Death Squad.”

(“If I am to become the President, child-killers and those who kill the poor will be sent to jail. I will make sure that the Davao Death Squad along with Duterte who on many occasions admitted that he is the Davao Death Squad.”)

The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) standard-bearer previously gave statements against Duterte and his supporters, and this more adversarial stance is just a follow-through of this.

“Sa mahabang panahon, napakaraming murder cases (sa Davao)…at inamin mismo ni Duterte na siya ng Davao Death Squad. Pumapatay sila nang walang pakundangan at walang prosesong sinusunod. Mai-tsismis ka lang at sila’y naniniwala, papatayin ka na,” Binay added.

(“For a long time, there have been many reported cases (in Davao), and Duterte admitted that he is the Davao Death Squad himself. They murder without inhibitions and do  not follow no due process. If there is a rumor about you and then they believe it as so, then you will be killed,” Binay added.)

The Vice-President would like Duterte, who has “admitted” on many occasions about his involvement in alleged extra-judicial killings and the Davao Death Squad, to defend himself to the independent body that he plans to create if ever he gets to be elected as President of the Philippines this election 2016.