“Sometimes, the truth hurts.”
This was the reaction of former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay about the “erroneous” #DutertePalpak post of the People’s Television or PTV-4 on Twitter.
“And this may sound familiar to many, but the people deserve more than manhid at palpak governance,” Binay said in his statement released on Tuesday (March 17).
According to the government-run television station, they are now probing the “erroneous tweet” posted in one of its social media accounts.
Binay said the employee who posted the controversial tweet should not be punished as he/she was just be sharing the sentiment of many Filipinos.
“Even in a government TV station, we assume there is still freedom of expression,” the former vice president said.
In his previous statement, Binay slammed the COVID-19 response of the current administration, especially the handling of vaccine procurement.
“The handling - or mishandling - of vaccine procurement joins the long list of examples of poor management during this pandemic,” he said in his statement on February 23.