Mocha Uson defends the controversial Federalism video

• Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) assistant secretary Mocha Uson defends herself from all the backlash after her recent issue with the Federalism video.
• In a statement on her Facebook page, Uson said that part of the video that went viral was cropped and taken out of context. 

Presidential Communications Operations Office  Assistant Mocha Uson has been in the hot seat after her controversial video with co-host Andrew Olivar.

The two immediately experienced backlash after people found Olivar’s dance about Federalism “vulgar”. The video that is posted on her Facebook account showed Olivar chanting “i-pepe” and “i-dede” while gesturing to his crotch and chest.

The Asec was quick to defend herself and posted a statement on her Facebook page. She said that the video was edited and cropped in a negative manner to distract the Netizens from the important details.

Ang paggamit at pag-edit po sa ating video na inalis ang konteksto ay malinaw na parte lamang ng kampanya na ilihis ang atensyon ng taumbayan sa mga mahahalagang usapin.

She further clarified that the video and their game show has nothing to do with ConCom nor the government’s information drive for federalism.

Gaya ng aming sinabi noong Thursday, ang aming game show patungkol sa Pederalismo ay wala pong kinalaman sa draft ng ConCom. Hindi rin po iyon parte ng information drive na kung saan tayo po ay isa sa mga napili na maging kabahagi.

Uson explained that even if their show is mainly for fun, it has no intentions to undervalue Federalism and their goal is to urge the viewers to talk about the political system since it’s one of President Rodrigo Duterte‘s objectives. She added that people shouldn’t be distracted from the real issues such as cheating on the previous elections, charter change (CHA-CHA), and the war on drugs.

Ang game show po namin, kahit na katuwaan lamang, ay walang intensyon na maliitin ang Pederalismo. Bagkus, ang aming layunin ay hikayatin ang aming manonood na pagusapan pa lalo ang Pederalismo, dahil ito ay isa sa mga pangako ng ating Pangulo.

Samantala, kahit na ang ating mga detractors ay interesado lamang sa paninita sa mga supporters ng Pangulo; kailangan nating bigyang atensyon at wag nating hayaan na tayo ay malihis sa mga mahalagang usapin gaya ng pandaraya noong nakaraang eleksyon, charter change at war on drugs.