MANILA – The body that President Rodrigo Duterte formed to review the 1987 Constitution denied that the controversial video Margaux “Mocha” Uson uploaded on Facebook was not part of its federalism information campaign.
Spokesman Ding Generoso clarified that the Consultative Committee (Con-com) has not yet come up with an official information campaign material on federalism.
Con-com did not have a hand in the video that showed Uson egging on a pro-Duterte blogger as the latter salaciously danced and sang a jingle that had “i–pepe-dede-ralismo” in the lyrics, he said.
“Iyong video na iyan nailagay sa internet bago pa kami nakapag-usap,” Generoso told a dzBB radio interview Monday. “Wala tayong kinalaman diyan. Hindi iyan iyong iniisip natin na malalagay sana na impormasyon sa blog.”
“Mahaba yata iyan,” Generoso said of the video the Presidential Communications aide uploaded on the social networking site. “May nag-splice ng video at kinuha lang iyong portion na iyon.”
The Con-com spokesman said he was shocked to see the video on Uson’s Facebook page.
“Wala pa nga tayong ginagawa, hindi pa tayo nagsisimula. Nasa pagpaplano pa lang tayo ng paggawa ng kampanya ng pederalismo. Pinaplano pa natin. Wala pa tayong nagagawa na materyales,” said Generoso.
“Hindi naman ganyan ang nais nating maipalabas na impormasyon tungkol sa pederalismo,” he added. “Ang napag-usapan ay ano ba ang benepisyo ng pederalismo sa mga ordinaryong mamamayan na maipapakita sa kanyang blog.”
With the controversy brought about by Uson’s video, Generoso said they will assess the situation and whether or not to still include the Presidential Communications aide in the federalism information campaign./PN
