Atty. Claro Certeza, legal counsel of the Binay family, on Monday, July 20, holds up a copy of the P200 million damage suit filed against Ernesto Mercado, Mario Hechanova, Ernsto Bondal, Nicolas Enciso, Alan Peter Cayetano, Antonio Trillanes, Edgar Erice, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Amado Tetangco Jr., Emmanuel Dooc, Teresita Herbosa, Julia Abad, and Conchita Carpio-Morales. (MNS photo)
MANILA (Mabuhay) – Vice President Jejomar Binay on Monday filed a P200-M libel suit against Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Alan Peter Cayetano, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, and eight others.
The complaint was filed before the Makati Regional Trial Court.
Also included as respondents were Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice, Presidential Management Staff chief Julia Abad, Mario Hechanova, Renato Bondal, Nicolas Enciso IV, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas head Amando Tetangco Jr., and Teresita Herbosa.
In April, the vice-president’s son, Mayor Junjun Binay, filed a libel complaint against Trillanes for allegations of corruption made about him and his family.
The said complaint was filed by Junjun Binay at the Office of the Makati City Prosecutor.
The Vice President and his camp have repeatedly denied all the corruption allegations hurled against them, saying these were part of an operation to diminish Binay’s chances of winning in the 2016 presidential elections.
VP Binay and Junjun Binay were charged with plunder and graft in December 2014 for the alleged overpricing of the construction of the Makati City Science High School.
In July 2014, father and son were also charged with plunder and graft for the alleged overpriced construction of the Makati City Hall Building II.
Both building projects were bidded out when the vice president was city mayor and Junjun was city councilor. (MNS)