APPARENTLY hurt by Vice President Jejomar Binay’s tirade, President Aquino yesterday said he would answer “point-by-point” the criticisms hurled against his administration by the country’s second highest official days after his resignation from the Cabinet. “Well, sasagutin ko at sasagutin ng Gabinete point-by-point lahat itong mga isinumbat niya kahapon,” Aquino said. Aquino expressed his disappointment at Binay, saying the record would show that he gave the vice president all the opportunity not to be a “spare tire.”He deplored how Binay, supposedly a family friend, openly attacked his administration after being treated well by him in the last five years as his Cabinet member. “At siguro kung tatanungin mo, ano ang pakiramdam ko? Pangkaraniwan naman siguro sa Pilipino, kayo na lumagay sa posisyon ko, paano ko ba siya tinirato ng mali at tapos ito ang isinukli? Kaya thank you na rin sa kanya,” Aquino said. He said he gave Binay the task of handling housing, and then added the Overseas Filipino Workers’ concerns because the vice president asked for it. “Lahat ito ‘yung ipinagkaloob natin sa kanya, ‘yung pagkakataon na manatili ‘yung kanyang popularity ratings.” On Monday, Binay resigned as presidential adviser on Overseas Filipinos Workers Concerns, and as chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. Aquino said his statement that Binay might not be endorsed by him in 2016 prompted the vice president to step down and attack his government.-pna