VP Binay hopes 2016 will bring ‘revolution of tenderness’

Vice President and opposition presidential bet Jejomar Binay on Wednesday expressed hope that what he considers as the era “vindictiveness and selective justice” would end with 2015, and that 2016 would usher in  a time of "tenderness."

In his New Year’s message, he said that 2016 has been designated by Pope Francis as the "The Holy Year of Mercy” in response to the world’s need for a “revolution of tenderness” from which “justice and all the rest derives.”

“It is in this same vein that I pray that the new year will usher in a new hope that the era of vindictiveness and selective justice will soon end. A new hope that everyone – not just a select few – will reap the benefits of economic progress,” he said.

Also, he said that economic achievements mean nothing if these are not felt by everyone.

He encouraged Filipino voters to choose in 2016 “competent leaders who will build a truly benevolent nation that respects the dignity of all.”

VP Binay has been a subject of a number of graft and corruption complaints before the Ombudsman.

His and his family's bank accounts –as well as his colleagues' –have been ordered frozen upon the recommendation of the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

He repeatedly denied the allegations, claiming that those just are part of the operation to defile his reputation and diminish his chances of winning in the 2016 presidential polls. — Amita Legaspi/LBG, GMA News