Maybe the government is playing an April Fool’s joke because they can’t be serious.
BREAKING: The NBI Anti-Graft Division served a letter to Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto asking him to explain a possible violation of the Bayanihan Heal as One Act, in particular the mayor’s request to exempt tricycle drivers from the public transportation ban. | @NikkaINQ pic.twitter.com/AdBvfVG7nJ
— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) April 1, 2020
BREAKING: Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is currently the highest ranking official so far to receive a letter from NBI over an alleged violation of the Bayanihan Heal As One act. #COVID19PH
— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) April 1, 2020
Story soon here: https://t.co/yjwBox8yLb pic.twitter.com/KS3WO1P5yW
While the Pasig mayor is busy serving his constituents during the crucial time of the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Bureau of Investigation actually wants to summon him so he can explain why he “disobeyed national government policy.”
Nice. It’s like being called to the principal’s office while your school is burning to the ground and you have a fire extinguisher in your hand.
Unsurprisingly, the #ProtectVico hashtag is alive again, with many people coming to his defense, including celebrities.
Busy po siya. Bakit hindi nalang si Senator Koko Pimentel ang ipatawag ninyo? Or yung isang Mayor, marami daw po kasi naghahanap sakanya. https://t.co/kcNdSvd5Qw
— JANINE (@janinegutierrez) April 1, 2020
Wrong move.
— Gretchen Ho (@gretchenho) April 1, 2020
Not that the good mayor couldn’t defend himself. Of course he can.
Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto responded through a twitter post after the NBI summoned him over a possible violation of Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. pic.twitter.com/MQaTinm2ZZ
— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) April 1, 2020
But that’s not going to stop his supporters from speaking up.
Vico Sotto on his way to end this government's clownery #ProtectVicohttps://t.co/qxafPIivlg
— kate (@flrnckt_) April 1, 2020
Update:
More celebrities have tweeted their support for Vico.
Hindi ako nag mamarunong sa batas, pero sa opinyon ko, si Koko ang dapat ipatawag at hindi si Vico
— Angel Locsin (@143redangel) April 1, 2020
Wala silang mapag initan. Si mayor vico talaga? Kung sino pa may natutulong at maayos na sistema, siya pa kakasuhan? HANEP! Eh nasan na yung nagkalat ng virus sa makati med? So far kasi yun palang nagagawa niya. Ikalat ang virus. Mapapamura ka na lang pala talaga.
— Angelica Panganiban (@angelica_114) April 1, 2020