Jejomar Binay – 4th Place at World Mayor 2006, The Year’s Most Outstanding Mayors
Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay has shot to prominence as one of the most divisive yet popular figures in Philippine politics, possibly the embodiment of a city leader who can inspire the masses and irk the national political establishment. As well as a hard-earned reputation for sound city management, he can point to a leading role in restoring democracy to the Philippines after two decades of dictatorship. In 2006 he was included among the top ten mayors in the annual World Mayor project.
All mayors in the top ten of World Mayor 2006 received more than 2,500 votes, with those ranked from one to five all collecting in excess of 6,000 votes each. Melbourne Mayor John So, the 2006 winner, was supported by more than 16,000 individual voters, while Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen, the runner up, received 11,000 votes. Third-placed Stephen Reed, Mayor of Harrisburg, was supported by more than 7,000 voters.
Even after the recent suspension attempt by the Arroyo administration, he still made it to the final list and was awarded the Fourth Most Outstanding Mayor in the World of 2006.
Here is the list of Top 10 World Mayors of 2006
| Rank | Mayor | City | Country |
| 1 | John So | Melbourne | Australia |
| 2 | Job Cohen | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 3 | Stephen Reed | Harrisburg | USA |
| 4 | Jejomar Binay | Makati City | Philippines |
| 5 | Michel Thiollière | St Etienne | France |
| 6 | Paul Wengert | Augsburg | Germany |
| 7 | Francisco Cabrera Santos | Valencia | Venezuela |
| 8 | Dubravka Suica | Dubrovnik | Croatia |
| 9 | John Hickenlooper | Denver | USA |
| 10 | Patrick Ramiaramanana | Antananarivo | Madagascar |
This is something every people in Makati and whole Philippines should be very proud of. Let’s see if President GMA will recognize Mayor Binay for this award the way she recognized Manny Pacquiao (and she awarded him with the Order of Sikatuna) for winning boxing fights.
If he every plans to run for Senate (if 2007 elections will ever happen), I will surely vote for him. Kudos Mayor Binay!
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One Response to “ Jejomar Binay – 4th Place at World Mayor 2006, The Year’s Most Outstanding Mayors ”
i know our mayor for a long time since i was young. something fishy against him about the squatters aroung makati vicinity. look on the otherside i guess he is the only mayor that makes our city . iam sure if he can give the people a place to live he’ll do it kasi marami na rin siyang project and it was succesful for the poor people kaya lang naman minsan sa ugaling pinoy you can give your two hands kaya lang ugaling pinoy pagnatulungan mo na ayaw ng kumilos na asa na lang. the saying goes. nasa diyos raw ang awa nsa tao ang gawa..
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