Binay: Let P-Noy finish his term

MANILA, Philippines - Vice President Jejomar Binay has rejected calls seeking the resignation of President Aquino amid the public outcry over the killing of 44 policemen in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last month.

“I don’t want that. You know, I am the Vice President. You all know that I will run (for president in 2016),” Binay said in an interview with reporters in Cebu on Thursday.

“Let us just wait. I am hoping and praying that the President will overcome this problem very soon,” Binay said.

“I am praying hard so that the President can fully respond to the issues,” he added.

Meanwhile, Binay reiterated he has yet to decide on who will be his runningmate in 2016.

“We are still considering all possibilities,” he said when asked if it is possible for him to run with former senator Panfilo Lacson, and even his possible contender, Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II.

Other names mentioned as his possible runningmate include Pag-IBIG president and chief executive officer Darlene Marie Berberabe, Sens. Grace Poe and Francis Escudero, and business tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan.

“Anything is possible in politics,” he added in response to queries of a possible United Nationalist Alliance and Liberal Party coalition.

The Vice President, however, drew the line at being the candidate of the administration.

“I am the presidential candidate of the opposition,” he said.