BIOGRAPHY

Jejomar "Jojo" CabauatanBinay, Sr.[1]^[A] (born November 11, 1942)^[B] is the fifteenth Vice President
of the Republic of the Philippines under President Benigno S. Aquino III and is one of five remaining candidates
in the 2016 Philippines presidential election.

He was elected as Makati City mayor from 1988-1998. During this term, he acted as the Metropolitan
Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman from 1990 to 1991. In 2001, he was reelected as mayor
until the end of his term in 2010. He resigned as Chairman of the in June 22, 2015.[3] Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council and as Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers

Binay is a member of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which is a coalition between
the PwersangMasang Pilipino and thePartidoDemokratiko Pilipino - Lakasng Bayan. It was founded as an
electoral alliance in 2012, and later became an official political party in 2014.

Education
Binay finished basic education at the Philippine Normal College[2] Training Department and graduated
from the University of the Philippines Preparatory School.

In 1962 with a degree in Political Science.He continued on to the UP College of Law and graduated in
1967 then passed the bar examinations in 1968. He got a master's degree from the University of Sto. Tomas in
1980 and a master's degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the
Philippines. He took up Strategic Economic Program in the Center for Research and Communication. He
enrolled in a Non-Resident and General Staff Course at the Command and General Staff College, AFP and
joined the seniors executive fellow program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard
University. He earned a doctorate in Public Administration (HonorisCausa) from the Polytechnic University of
the Philippines, and Doctor of Humanities (HonorisCausa) from the Laguna State Polytechnic University. In
1993, he received a diploma in Land Use Program from the University of the Philippines. In 1996, he finished
the Top Management Program at the Asian Institute of Management in Bali, Indonesia. He also took up the
Joint Services and Command Staff course in the AFP. He also has a master's degree in Management at
the Philippine Christian University and a diploma in Environmental and Natural Resources Management from
the University of the Philippines Open University.[2]

LOCAL CAREER
Upon passing the bar examination to be a lawyer, Binay took up human rights law. During the Martial
Law period, he represented political prisoners in the 1970s for no charge. After some time, he himself was
detained.

It was also during the Marcos regime that Binay and other human rights lawyers created the
Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity, and Nationalism (MABINI).
POLITICAL CAREER

Makati mayor
First term
On February 27, 1986, Binay became one of President Corazon Aquinos first appointed local officials
after Mayor Nemesio I. Yabut died while in office during the EDSA Revolution. He was elected in his own right
on January 18, 1988 and was reelected on May 11, 1992 and on May 8, 1995.

He joined pro-democracy forces in preventing the mutinies against the Aquino administration from
being successful. His active role in the defense of the Constitution earned him the nickname "Rambotito" (or
little Rambo, after the screen hero), the Outstanding Achievement Medal and a special commendation from
Aquino.

Second term

Binay in a meeting with municipalmayors held on September 20, 2010. On May 14, 2001, Binay
reclaimed his post as mayor of Makati, winning over actor, TV host, and then-vice mayor EduManzano in a
landslide and became a critic of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He won his second term on May 10, 2004
by a large margin against 1st district Councilor Oscar Ibay. He ran for his third and last term as mayor May 14,
2007 and won again by a significant margin beating incumbent Senator and actor LitoLapid. His margin over
Lapid has been considered as the largest margin in a local election in Makati City.

Corruption
There are numerous corruption allegations against Binay dating from 2014 to the present time:

Issue Location Remarks
amount

400-hectare farm[26] Rosario, Batangas

40-hectare farm[27] Bauan, Batangas

10-hectare mango
orchard[28]

Two condominium units[29] Rockwell, Makati City 30 Not mentioned in

 million his Statement of Assets,
Liabilities, and Net Worth
(SALN)

Three story mansion with Banuyo Street, San Antonio Village,

Not mentioned in his SALN
elevator[30][31] Makati City

Orbit Street, Bel-Air II Village,

House and lot[31][32] Not mentioned in his SALN
Makati City

Palm Village, Guadalupe Viejo,

House and lot[31][32] Not mentioned in his SALN
Makati City

Rest House[31] Tali Beach, Batangas

Rest House[31] Puerto Azul, Cavite

Rest House[31] Tagaytay Highlands

Rest House[31] Alfonso, Cavite

Rest House[31] Zambales

Rest House[31] Pangasinan

Paraaque, Pasig, Mandaluyong,

More houses[31]
andMuntinlupa Cities

3
600 ghost Authorized by
million/
employees[31][33] wife, ElenitaBinay and Amigas
month

Wife Elenita's link to alleged

The supply contract was
deception in the public 72.06
awarded to the Makati City
bidding for a supply million
government back in 2001.
contract[31]

Bogus charity project for 40

sister city[31] million

Bogus charity project for 27

calamity fund for other million
provinces[31]

Bogus charity project for 22

Project Aral Package[31] million

Bogus charity project to

20
send ambulances to other
million
cities[31]

Infomercial being shown 230 Used funds of Makati

from 2009present[31] million Foundation Day

Komiks for Vice President 15

Campaign[31] million

Illegal canteen University of Makati and the Makati

businesses[31] City Hall

Contract with Triforce

The security agency is owned
Security Agency for the
by one of Binay's sons-in-law.
Makati City Hall[31]

Contract with Red Hammer The maintenance service is

Construction and owned by another one of
Services[31] Binay's sons-in-laws.

Investigations regarding all these allegations of corruption are being conducted by the Department of
Justice (DOJ), the Philippine Senate, and the Office of the Ombudsman.

Binay is currently facing accusations by former vice president of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP),
Ernesto Mercado, of accepting and misappropriating money received from a deal between the BSP and
Alphaland Corporation back in 2008. Initially accused of receiving 200 million in kickback from the deal and
using it to fund his 2010 campaign for vice president, Mercado has amended his statement to reflect the
possibility that if Binay has sold the shares he received, he could have made anywhere between 233 million
and 651 million.

Mercado has also stated that although the Boy Scouts of the Philippines were supposed to have
received 600 million for their end of the deal, the organization has yet to be compensated. This is seconded
by the current vice president of the BSP, Atty. Wendell Avisado who further added that he believes that they
will only be paid when construction of the podium in Alphaland Makati Tower is completed. Avisado adds,
however, that Alphaland has been consistently paying the BSP 530,000 monthly for the use of a BSP podium
that is currently being used by Alphaland as a showroom.Sen. Trillanes believes that if Binay becomes
president, he will release former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the 3 Senators allegedly involved in
the Pork barrel scam,Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile from detention. The subcommittee
concluded the hearings on January 25, 2016. Currently, Binay's camp is denying these allegations.

Platform
Vice President Binay disclosed his platform for his 2016 Presidential bid during his speech in
the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in Cebu City on March 20, 2015.[46]

He aims to improve the situation in the state colleges and universities, public health hospitals and
clinics, police stations, and mass housing. An increase in both salaries and benefits of public school teachers
and health workers, members of the police force, and other public servants was also promised. In his plans
include a redesigning and re-engineering of the transportation system of the country, as well as prioritizing the
building of more infrastructures and the creation of more jobs. He proposes to change the constitution to
boost the economy, and speed up the country's development.[46]

In early July of the same year, Binay expressed UNA's (his party list) platform for 2016 in a speech:

What UNA and the citizens are expressing is that we're tired of poverty, we're tired of unemployment,
we're tired of criminals and illegal drugs. We're tired of the lack of basic services...we're struggling under a
numb and failed government,

Today marks the official start of the filing of certificate of candidacy for the 2016 elections, but we
already got a taste of VP JejomarBinays campaign platforms last Friday through Go Negosyos Meet the
Presidentiables Series. Here are 8 of his biggest promises:

VP Binay promised to provide more access to Information Technology to promote and regulate high
speed Internet all over the country. Access to more advanced IT, he said, also aims to benefit smaller
businesses to link them further to development

He has pointed out that traffic has been a recurring problem in the country even before today. So he
would like to introduce reforms in (faster) enforcement, education and engineering to come up with better
infrastructures for the countrys future.

Saying that even if we win the UNCLOS agreement for the territorial disputes against China, there will
be problems implementing it. So VP Binay pushes for a joint exploration in hopes to come up with a more
peaceful solution to the impending problem with China.

He also said that the 60-40 law for foreign ownership should definitely be abolished, but foreign
investments will surely be of help to the country, especially with todays living conditions.

VP Binay also made a firm ground when he said he was against death penalty simply because it wasnt
the only way to prevent crimes.

Aside from increasing the budget of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA),
VP Binay promised to formalize the curricula of the Department of Education, Commission on Higher
Education and TESDA. After recalling that the Philippines had the highest income tax rate in Asia, VP Binay
then said that he would pursue the tax reforms, making the tax rate from 30% to 25%.

VP Binay said that the current administrations DaangMatuwid was slow and causing more delays and
that the country should have a malapad at mabilisnadaan instead. Despite this, he cited three programs
from the administration that he will continue if elected: the anti-corruptioncampaigns, the continuation of the
5% GDP allocation on infrastructure spending, and the Conditional Cash Transfer program which will include
health care.

Issue
The Lord of Makati: Can Binay explain his wealth?

Corruption is an issue that has been raised against JejomarBinay in every election since 1988, but
proves immaterial to voters, according to this Newsbreak investigative report published March 28, 2001.

Editor's Note: Since allegations of corruption were again thrown the way of Vice President
JejomarBinay recently, netizens have been citing this Newsbreak report published in 2001 and awarded the
top prize in the Jaime V. Ongpin Award for Investigative Journalism in 2002.

Newsbreak came up with this report on March 28, 2001, just when Binay was set to run again for
Makati mayor after a 3-year break due to term limits. In the succeeding years, the allegations in this story or
shades of these would again surface now the subject of a complaint before the Ombudsman and a Senate
investigation.

MANILA, Philippines In less than a decade, Jejomar Jojo Binay, former chair of the Metropolitan
Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and former mayor of Makati, accumulated at least P80 million worth
of real estate properties in Makati and Batangas, which he kept undeclared, our investigation shows. The
amount excludes P12 million in declared investments, as well as other businesses that he and his friends
reportedly control through dummy corporations.

BINAYS.Former Makati City mayor JejomarBinay with his son, city councilor Jun-Jun Binay. Newsbreak
file photo

After serving as mayor for 12 years, Binay now owns a 66-hectare farm in Rosario, Batangas
estimated to be almost double the size of the Ayala commercial center in Makati according to our
investigation. Based on conservative estimates of the land value alone, the property excluding
improvements is worth about P23 million.

In addition, Binay and his wife, Elenita, current Makati mayor, also own at least two Hidalgo
condominium units, located inside the posh Rockwell Center in Makati. A 208-square meter unit in Rockwell,
like the ones occupied by each of the two Binay daughters, costs around P28 million.

The three properties alone, worth at least P79 million, were never declared in the couples statement
of assets and liabilities.
 This is in violation of Republic Act 6713, which mandates all officials to file every year the acquisition
cost and the assessed and fair market values of their real property. They are also required by law to list other
personal property, investments, cash on hand or in banks, financial liabilities, and their business interests and
connections.

Violation of the law carries certain penalties a P5,000 fine and disqualification from public office.
Unfortunately, officials take the law lightly as none of them have been put behind bars for their
transgressions. Former President Joseph Estrada himself was previously caught committing the same mistake.

We interviewed at least 15 contractors, former employees and farm hands, sources privy to
transactions, and local residents who saw Binay inspect the properties, and who all confirmed his ownership
of these properties. Without these testimonies, it would be difficult to trace ownership to him because
documents, if they are available at all, do not link him or his family members to the properties.

Appointed MMDA chair in 1998 and replaced early this year after the Edsa 2 uprising, JojoBinay wants
to go back to City Hall. Perhaps the most popular politician among Makati Citys poor who constitute the
majority of the citys voters, he is the natural target of political opponents.

Makatis coffee shops are bursting with stories about Binays alleged unexplained wealth, which he
supposedly acquired during his three consecutive terms as mayor from 1988 to 1998 (he served as OIC mayor
in 1986 until the 1988 local elections).

And he has a lot of explaining to do, considering that, as mayor, Binay received a monthly P32,000
salary, and as MMDA chairman, he received P46,000. Elenita received the same salary as mayor.

These charges are a rehash of old election issues, says Binay in a written response to questions,
brushing aside the allegations of misdeed.

In a city where there is an accumulation of tremendous wealth, it is said that Binay himself had
amassed riches by tolerating the collusion between the citys building contractors and permits officials. It is
common knowledge in Makati that permits that City Hall gives to builders of condominiums sometimes come
with a hefty, under-the-table price.

The local opposition says they have the goods on the former mayor. In fact, it spent a hefty sum on
recent paid ads in the Inquirer that alluded to Binays posh residences in and out of Makati City.

But the tough-talking, sometimes brusque JojoBinay is unfazed. He says he does not feel alluded in
the ads anyway.

Espinosa, Charlote F.

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