These past weeks I have been badgered by friends on why I have refrained from commenting on the relentless persecution of Vice-President Jejomar (Jesus, Jose, Maria) Binay in the Senate and the media.

I could not say outright that I did not have anything  yet – no solid piece of  research and no interesting insights--to offer on the subject. I  only had random pickings from gossip and sensational media reports -- and an instinctive sympathy for Binay as a member of my post-war generation, his small-town background and his underdog status.

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