Vice President Jejomar Binay on Saturday said that it's high time to accept that unabated criminality is a problem that Filipinos face.
Speaking to reporters after campaigning before market vendors at Mega Q-Mart in Quezon City, the opposition standard bearer highlighted the recent shooting in Zamboanga City of Saudi cleric Dr. Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni and Saudi diplomat Sheikh Turki Assaegh.
"Dalawa 'yon, 'yong cleric at saka [Saudi diplomat]. 'Yon ay itinatago sa atin ng pamahalaan," Binay said.
Al-Qarni and Assaegh were shot by a student in Western Mindanao State University where the prominent cleric spoke in a forum.
After undergoing surgery, the two were declared out of danger.
The gunman, Rugasan Misuari III, was however killed by Al-Qarni's security escort, while two other suspects were arrested and charged with frustrated murder and attempted murder.
