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MANILA, Philippines – Asking Lorraine Badoy, Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), to resign will be the agency’s “last resort” after it was criticized for labeling some lawmakers red, an official said. Thursday.
PCOO’s budget hearing stalled on Wednesday after lawmakers denounced Badoy for accusing Makabayan lawmakers of terrorists.
“Iiwasan po natin yan, we don’t want to have a repeat of two years ago,” PCOO Undersecretary Kris Ablan said in an interview on Teleradyo when asked if Badoy will be asked to resign.
(We will avoid that, we don’t want to have a repeat of two years ago.)
Pressured by what happened two years ago, Ablan said: “Because I lost my office mate Mocha [Uson], OWWA has moved [Overseas Workers Welfare Administration]. “
(I already lost an office colleague, Mocha Uson, who was transferred to OWWA.)
Uson resigned in October 2018 after being asked to resign amid mistakes, including a lewd video about promoting federalism.
A year later, she was appointed Deputy Administrator of OWWA.
“Once the problem between NTF-ELCAC is cleared up [National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict], Usec. Badoy and the Makabayan group, as much as possible po, last resort na po yun. We will do everything possible to protect our officials, ”said Ablan.
(Once the issue between NTL-ELCAC, Usec. Badoy and the Makabayan group is resolved, that will be the last resort. We will do our best to protect our officials).
The secretary of the PCOO, Martin Andanar, distanced himself from the issue and said that the position of the NTF-ELCAC does not reflect that of the PCOO.
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