Former Sarangani vice governor Jinkee Pacquiao seemed to have mistakenly supported the wrong country in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Pacquiao, the wife of Sen. Manny Pacquiao shared photos of an emotional Hidilyn Diaz, who made history by winning the first-ever gold medal in the women’s 55 kg category for weightlifting at the ongoing Olympics in Japan.
She praised the athlete by spamming a flag emoji as the caption. However, netizens noticed that she used the wrong flag.
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Hindi ba alam ni jinkee pacquiao ang flag ng pilipinas????π€π΅π
— shiya π° (@shngrqn) July 27, 2021
The emoji she used was the flag of Sint Maarten, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.
Ung kahit anong yaman mo pero BOBO ka
Tangina naman jinkee pacquiao SINT Maarten πΈπ½ flag yan #OlympicGames #HidilynDiaz #JinkeePacquiao pic.twitter.com/UCMvRb92YZ
— πππππππ π.π. ππ½ (@HayatMumay) July 27, 2021
Para po sa ating lahat na gagamit ng flag emoji ng Pilipinas, ito po ang guide. Pansin ko po kasi madalas gamitin ang sa Siint Maarten ng iilan. pic.twitter.com/pCBiQd9kdm
— Berniemack Arellano (@habagatcentral) July 27, 2021
Her husband, eight-division champ Manny Pacquiao, is set to face Errol Spence Jr., the unified welterweight world boxing champion, on August 21.