'BAKA DAPAT MAS NAGAGALIT'

Nancy Binay wants to see Marcos' ‘aggressive’ side in his second year in office

Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday said she is hoping to see the “aggressive” side of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and become "less lenient" to his Cabinet in his second year in office.

“Siguro if meron lang akong wish kasi si Presidente parang Mabait di ba, parang hindi siya nagagalit. So baka kailangan going towards his second year, baka dapat mas nagagalit,” Binay told reporters in an interview.

(Maybe if I have a wish for him, it's for him to be "more angry" because it looks like he doesn't get angry.)

“I guess extreme nga tayo diba? Coming from dating Presidente na laging galit tapos ngayon hindi, so baka kailangan may ganung parang fear factor ng konti," she added. 

(I guess it's quite extreme, coming from a President who was always angry. But I think we need a bit of a fear factor.)

"Siguro baka ganun din yung strategy niya ngayon kasi nga one year pa lang so baka learning curve pa doon sa mga in-appoint niya baka siguro going towards his second year more or less baka dapat wala ng ‘ah kasi bago pa lang.’” 

(Maybe that's his strategy because it's only been a year. Maybe he's giving his appointees a chance. But that should no longer be the case for his second year in office.)

Binay also hopes that Marcos will complete his Cabinet appointments soon.

“Ayun din wish ko sana makumpleto na niya yung appointments niya lalong lalo na sa mga Cabinet secretaries. Number 1, Department of Health (DOH) yung sa health katulad ngayon pataas na naman yung COVID cases so sana kumbaga bago siya magsimula ng second year niya kumpleto na yung Cabinet niya,” she said.

(Also, I wish that he would complete his appointments, especially the Cabinet secretaries. Number 1, the DOH, like now, COVID cases are on the rise again, so I hope that before he starts his second year, his Cabinet will be complete.)

Binay, meanwhile, said she has been satisfied with Marcos' performance so far.

“Kumbaga yung mga namana din naman niyang problema dahil doon sa epekto ng pandemic kumbaga napakalaki, kaya I mean so far mukhang naaddress naman niya yung mga kailangan i-address,” the senator told the reporters in an interview.

(The problems he inherited because of the pandemic were no joke. But, so far he was able to address the things that needed to be addressed.) —VAL, GMA Integrated News