Binay’s staff brought the SAF 44 mural to the Cavite State University, where the Vice President delivered his “true†State of the Nation Address (Tsona) on Monday.
Binay spokesman Joel Salgado told reporters that the Office of the Vice President now hosts the mural after “someone higher up†ordered the PNPA to put it down.
Binay saluted the mural during and after his speech, where he repeatedly lambasted what he described as an inept Aquino administration.
The highlight of his Tsona was his roll call of the names of the slain police commandos at the end of his address.
Politicizing their heroism
Said Binay in his speech: “In Mamasapano, 44 SAF troopers laid down their lives while many were wounded. But even just for a short time, their heroism was not mentioned in the State of the Nation Address [of the President]. Even a thank you, there’s none. Good for the President’s hair stylist and fashion designer, they were part of the long list of people he thanked.â€
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, the administration’s standard-bearer in the 2016 elections, had slammed Binay for politicizing the heroism of the SAF 44.
“For five years, [Binay] applauded the administration he’s been part of. Now this? But worst of all, he politicized the heroism of the SAF 44. This is not right,†Roxas said in a text message to reporters.
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda has repeatedly slammed Binay’s camp for “dishing out lies†about the administration.
He dared Binay’s group to “bring it on,†saying that the Vice President and his allies were attacking Aquino because they could not respond to the allegations of corruption and ill-gotten wealth against him.
“We have yet to hear a response other than ‘it’s just politics,’†Lacierda said.
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