THE Chairman of Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Liza Diño-Seguerra has responded following backlash and “unprofessional” name-calling, after a photo of her wearing a facemask while meeting her staff went viral.
Liza Diño is married to Aiza Seguerra and was appointed as the chairperson of the FDCP by President Rodrigo Duterte.
However, FDCP chair has been lambasted recently by a netizen over her post featuring her wearing a mask sheet while conducting a meeting with her staff.
“This was a staged photo posted on my PERSONAL page. Dear, you might want to check first before making assumptions,” the government official tweeted, before posting a much longer note to explain herself.
A portion of her statement red:
“For those demanding for my head on a platter, here are fun facts and things to clarify some assumptions circulating online:
“1. I had that photo of me taken which I myself posted on my personal FB account. It wasn’t a stolen shot of an actual ongoing meeting.
“2. It wasn’t an ongoing official meeting.
“3. The photo was AFTER an internal meeting with my staff and we were all about to clean up and go home after a 16-hour day at work.
“So we can end on a happy note, I put on the facial mask (I brought home masks for everyone from my vacation) to humor them (cause it isn’t illegal to try to poke fun at yourself once in a while) then took it off right after the shot was taken.
“(Imagine how hard it would have been to sit through hours-long discussions with that thing on my face.)
“4. Surprised that I have to spell it out but – No, I do not usually put on face masks, put my feet up, nor conduct myself in any unprofessional way during any type of meeting in my official capacity. Ask anyone who actually do business with FDCP.
“5. Attack me all you want with your sweeping generalizations of my character, but don’t put any of this on my agency or negate the hard work that my people have put into our many projects to support the industry.
“However you want to frame this issue, you will not be able to deny the work we do.
“Again, ask anyone who actually do business with FDCP (and not just those who don’t bother to do proper research on the agency and reach out to us).” (Pep.ph)
