The Standard - 2016 March 22 - Tuesday

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VOL. XXX NO. 41 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 TUESday : MaRCH 22, 2016 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph

Santiago missed in Cebu debate

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THEY GANGED UP ON ME, MAR SAYS By John Paolo Bencito

CANDON, Ilocos Sur—Administration candidate for president Manuel Roxas II on Monday said his opponents ganged up on him during Sunday’s debate in Cebu, proving that he was “the man to beat” in a tight race. “I think you can see. In every survey, Mar Roxas is the one who is leading,” he told reporters in Filipino—even though none of the major polling organizations

have put him in the top spot. “It’s Mar Roxas whom they gang up on, so that shows they’re all afraid of me.” Roxas took a heavy beating Sun-

day from his rivals, Senator Grace Poe, Vice President Jejomar Binay and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on various issues raised against the administration, including the slow response to Super Typhoon ‘‘Yolanda’’ and the Mamasapano massacre. At one point, Duterte called him a “pretentious leader who couldn’t handle stress” and also referred to him as “a fraud,” “a weak leader,” and “a moron.” On Monday, Roxas said Poe attacked him during the debate be-

cause she was disappointed that President Benigno Aquino III did not endorse her. “Senator Grace tried to establish that the President didn’t trust me, but for me there’s one simple question. Why am I being endorsed by the President?” Roxas told reporters during a campaign stop. “I think Senator Grace is just disappointed because she dreamt of getting the endorsement of the President. I think you can see from the words of the President that I’m

the one whom he chose,” he added. During the second presidential debate on Sunday, Poe asked Roxas if his lackluster performance as former head of the Transportation and Interior departments was the reason he was kept in the dark in the planning and execution of the bungled Mamasapano operation in 2015. She also suggested that the President’s presence during the Zamboanga siege was a sign that President Aquino did not trust Roxas. Next page

Campaigning up north. Presidential candidate Manuel Roxas II visits public markets in Ilocos Sur and La Union to woo the voters in the so-called Solid North. John Paolo BenCito

There will be no issue of The Standard beginning Thursday (March 24) in keeping with the Holy Week break. We will resume publication on Easter Sunday (March 27).

Binay challenges opponents to sign waiver By Christine F. herrera MACTAN, Cebu—Vice President Jejomar Binay on Monday dared his opponents in the presidential race to join him in signing a waiver that would open his bank accounts to scrutiny and to undergo a lifestyle check to find out who among them are clean or corrupt.

Binay, who says he has been falsely accused of plunder, presented the joint waiver and other documents at a press conference at the Waterfront Hotel-Mactan. Binay had tried to bring these documents to the second presidential debate on Sunday, but citing the debate rules, organizers disallowed him from doing so. At the press conference, Binay said each

presidential candidate should present their statement of assets, liabilities and net worth since they joined the government. He took aim at his bitter rival, administration candidate Manuel Roxas II, accusing him of making money from contracts when he was secretary of the departments of Transportation and Next page


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