Charles Teves
Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto doesn’t seem to take his vice mayor Iyo Bernardo seriously.
During an interview with the media at the Pasig Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Bernardo answered questions regarding his cyber libel case against Sotto.
The presser was live-streamed on Facebook by Pasig News Today. It had thousands of viewers, one of which was Sotto, who had nothing but a laughing emoji to offer.
It also appeared that the locals didn’t take Bernardo seriously as well, given that the laughing emoji dominated the reactions.
LOOK: Pasig Mayor @VicoSotto uses the “haha” emoji to react to Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo’s interview re: cyberlibel charge he filed against Sotto.
Case was filed about 2 months after Sotto hit Bernardo in a flag ceremony for skipping meetings & not responding to texts or calls. pic.twitter.com/wa2ZRXqrx8
— Kat Domingo (@_katrinadomingo) March 18, 2022
Bernardo’s complaint stems from a flag ceremony held in January where Sotto asked him to “shun away from politicking” and “do his job first” before criticizing.
“Naniniwala po ako na hindi ho dapat nagagamit ang flag ceremony pagdating po sa political agenda,” Bernardo said.
He admitted to feeling embarrassed during the said incident.
“Dapat po ang flag ceremony ay ginagamit po ‘to para pasalamatan ang mga empleyado ho namin, para i-encourage, para lalo hong magtrabaho po para sa mga Pasigueño,
“Dahil ho nakalive ho yun pong ginawa sa flag ceremony at kumalat ho sa social media, at nalaman din po ng mga media.” he added.
He refused to give the journalist a copy of the complaint and denied that the move is leverage for the upcoming elections where he seeks to dethrone Sotto.
“One week after po nung nangyari po ang insidente, ako po ay sumagot ho sa video at sinabi ko po dun na I will seek legal advice po kaya po wala naman po sa timeline,” the vice mayor said.
“Hindi nga po ako sanay sa social media, hindi po ako sanay sa media, kaya ho uulitin ko ho, since 2007 po ako ay hindi naman po marunong manira ang mga Pasigueño at lalong lalo na ho hindi ho sa flag ceremony,” he furthered.
Sotto also has yet to receive a copy of the complaint.
“Wala pa po kaming info na natatanggap kung ano ba talaga ang kasong naisampa ni Vice Mayor Bernardo. We will wait for the notice from the prosecutor,” he told reporters via text message.
