Philippine Showbiz Today
November 8 - 21, 2018
Makati City
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Abby Binay meets the showbiz press
Sometimes it’s quite
challenging to break the
ice when you are talking
to a politician, but with
Makati City Mayor Abigail
Binay, her being so candid
makes her so relatable you
don’t have to struggle to
start a conversation with
her. And if you had a no-
holds-barred discussion
with Abby, it’s impossible
for you not to notice
her strong yet charming
personality.
In a casual brunch
with the showbiz press in a
restaurant in Quezon City,
the Makati leader arrived on
time and started to great
everyone in the room.
“I rarely come here
in Quezon City because
I’m allergic to traffic,”
the incumbent Makati
City mayor started, “But
I can hardly say no to
Manay Lolit(Solis) when
she invites me for lunch.
She’s my favorite. I can’t
thank her enough for the
support she’s been giving
me since 2007.”
Lo also
“And Ricky
my favorite. May kami
nyan,” said in jest, “And
all the members of the
showbiz press because of
the support they’ve been
giving me since I ran for
Congress.”
Even before the host
of the lunch could formally
introduce the people
invited to the intimate
event, members of the
entertainment press had
already started bombarding
the mayor with questions
regarding her rivalry with
her brother Junjun, who
is running against her for
Makati’s mayoral post in
the 2019 elections.
“The situation is
really difficult, whether
you’re running against
your brother, your cousin
or any relatives, because
it involves emotions. At
alam mong pagkatapos
ngelections hindi yun dun
natatapos. This is not
an ordinary rivalry and
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you cannot cut ties with
someone you are related
to,” she stated.
She further said that
she’s civil with her brother,
“civil in the sense that
we don’t communicate
because
there’s
this
tendency that we end up
saying things that we’ll
regret.”
But more than the
“Battle of the Binays,” Abby
wanted to talk about her
journey before becoming
a public servant. At first,
she was even reluctant to
discuss the issue between
her and Monsour del
Rosario who is apparently
now choosing the side of
her brother.
“We had a falling-out
this year. He wasn’t working
at all. He was focused
more
on
Taekwondo
and his position in the
sports commission. The
Makati residents don’t
feel his presence. For
two years, wala siyang
ginagawa. We talked last
January. That was the
time when we broke up,”
she said while laughing.
Abby
was
frank
with her answers to the
questions thrown to her
by the showbiz press and
while some people are
still wondering how she
and her brother end up
battling over the mayoral
post in Makati, she only
had this to say, “He only
had two options: first was
to run and the second was
not to run.”●
- N. Wang, MS