VICE President Jejomar Binay’s apparent lack of interest in appearing before a Senate investigation of alleged overpricing of construction of Makati City Hall Building 2 and his supposed hidden wealth stems from the probers’ failure to present concrete evidence on the charges against him, according to a political analyst.

“They [senators] have been saying that they have hard evidence but where are the documents?” Ramon Casiple said in an interview of the inability of the Senate blue ribbon sub-committee to come up with proof of Binay’s alleged wrongdoing.

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