page_title: Jejomar Binay
section_title: Vice Presidency
hierarchical_section_title: Jejomar Binay / Political career / Vice Presidency
caption_attribution_description: English: The allegedly overpriced second Makati City Hall Building built by Makati Major Junjun Binay and Vice President Jejomar Binay located on J.P. Rizal Avenue, Makati Poblacion, Metro Manila, Philippines
context_page_description: Jejomar Binay is a Filipino politician who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines under President Benigno Aquino III. Before becoming vice president, he was a long-time mayor of Makati. He ran as a presidential candidate in the 2016 Philippine presidential election, but lost. He currently serves as the Dean Emeritus of the University of Makati College of Law.
  He was appointed by former President Corazon Aquino as officer-in-charge of Makati from 1986 to 1987. After his assignment, he was elected mayor Makati in 1988 and served until 1998. Concurrently, he acted as the Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority from 1990 to 1991. In 2001, he was reelected as mayor and served until 2010. He resigned as Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and as Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers on June 22, 2015.
context_section_description: Binay initially announced his bid for the presidency for the 2010 elections during his 66th birthday celebration at the Makati City Hall on November 11, 2008 but abandoned his bid in order to give way to the reelection bid of former President Estrada. He eventually became Estrada's running mate and ran under the banner of PDP-Laban (Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan).
  He initially showed a relatively poor performance in the public opinion polls, trailing behind Senators Loren Legarda and Mar Roxas, who was heavily favored to win the race, but his standings improved as the elections approached, overtaking Legarda and tying with Roxas in the final survey conducted. He went on to narrowly defeat Roxas in the election by 700,000 votes.
  Roxas filed an election protest before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal of the Supreme Court, which is still currently pending.
  Binay took his oath as vice president on June 30, 2010, becoming the first local government official to do so. He is also the oldest Filipino to be elected Vice President at the age of 67 and the second overall after Teofisto Guingona, Jr who, at age 72, was appointed Vice President by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  He was appointed as chairman of the Housing Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) by President Noynoy Aquino, the same position held by his predecessor, Vice-President Noli de Castro and Presidential Adviser for OFW Concerns. He also heads the Task Force OFW which helps Overseas Filipino Workers who were maltreated by their employers to return to the Philippines with the assistance of the government.
  There are numerous corruption allegations against Binay dating from 2014 to the present time:
  Investigations regarding all these allegations of corruption are being conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Philippine Senate, and the Office of the Ombudsman.
  Binay is currently facing accusations by former vice president of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP), Ernesto Mercado, of accepting and misappropriating money received from a deal between the BSP and Alphaland Corporation back in 2008. Initially accused of receiving ₱200 million in kickback from the deal and using it to fund his 2010 campaign for vice president, Mercado has amended his statement to reflect the possibility that if Binay has sold the shares he received, he could have made anywhere between ₱233 million and ₱651 million.
  Mercado has also stated that although the Boy Scouts of the Philippines were supposed to have received ₱600 million for their end of the deal, the organization has yet to be compensated. This is seconded by the current vice president of the BSP, Atty. Wendel Avisado who further added that he believes that they will only be paid when construction of the podium in Alphaland Makati Tower is completed. Avisado adds, however, that Alphaland has been consistently paying the BSP ₱530,000 monthly for the use of a BSP podium that is currently being used by Alphaland as a showroom.
  Sen. Trillanes believes that if Binay becomes president, he will release former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the 3 Senators allegedly involved in the Pork barrel scam, Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile from detention. The subcommittee concluded the hearings on January 25, 2016.
  Currently, Binay's camp is denying these allegations.
caption: Makati City Hall Building II
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