This is an excerpt from Manila Times Palace, LP behind attacks on Binay October 12, 2014 11:06 pm by JOEL M. SY EGCO SENIOR REPORTER Desperate Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla, Binay’s spokesman on political concerns, said detractors of the Vice President have started mobilizing other government resources in their desperate attempt to pin him down. According to Remulla, the Department of Justice (DOJ), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) have joined the fray. Last week, Julia Bacay-Abad, AMLC executive director, confirmed that the government is monitoring “possible money-laundering offenses” in connection with the Senate inquiry into the allegedly overpriced Makati City Hall Building 2. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima last week said the allegations against Binay have caught the “interest” of the DOJ and the agency is considering investigating the charges. De Lima admitted ordering the NBI on Friday to locate a former staff of the Vice President who allegedly received the former Makati City mayor’s kickbacks. “His opponents are desperate. The impending crisis of the gross violation of the Constitution brought about by the DAP [Disbursement Acceleration Program] has everyone running scared,” Remulla told The Manila Times in a text message. Malacanang also earlier dared critics of the Vice President to prove allegations that he got kickbacks from the construction of the controversial building and that his family owns a vast estate in Batangas. But Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda said the government is not using any of its resources in what appears to be an effort to reveal the Binays’ supposedly undeclared wealth. WITH FERNAN MARASIGAN
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