Amid all of the furor generated over her “jet ski vacation joke,” the Davao Metropolis Council didn’t declare Vice Ganda persona non grata as most supporters of Rodrigo Duterte demanded, solely condemning the assertion of the comic for ridiculing the previous president. Instagram/@praybeytbenjamin
DAVAO CITY– The Davao Metropolis Council solely condemned the assertion of the comic, Vice Ganda, for ridiculing the previous president Rodrigo Duterte in his “jet ski vacation joke.”
The town council didn’t declare him persona non grata as most supporters of the previous president demanded.
This amid the furor generated by Vice Ganda over the joke.
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The decision, handed below suspended rule on Tuesday, adopted an announcement by the previous President’s grandson on Monday, saying that the Davao Metropolis Council had way more necessary issues to take care of than being distracted by “attention-seeking antics from performers determined for relevance,” referring to Vice Ganda.
Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, who filed the decision, mentioned he condemned the comic’s satire that referred to the previous president’s marketing campaign promise that he would jet ski in direction of the West Philippine Sea to protest China’s incursion into the Philippine waters. Duterte failed to meet his promise as his administration had pivoted to China as its important international ally.
“Former President Duterte isn’t merely a nationwide chief,” mentioned Dayanghirang, “He’s a son of Davao. For many years, he devoted his life to public service…and later serving because the sixteenth President of the Republic of the Philippines. Such a disrespectful portrayal isn’t solely an affront to him as an individual however an insult to the Davaoeños who maintain him within the highest esteem.”
Though the Metropolis Council fell wanting heeding the calls of Duterte supporters to declare Vice Ganda “persona non grata” in Davao Metropolis, the councilors mentioned it had the identical impact.
Vice Ganda confronted backlash from Duterte’s supporters for his parody of the favored social media meme throughout the first day of his two-day live performance with Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez final August 8.
READ: Vice Ganda, Regine Velasquez draw laughs, ire with jetski skit in live performance
Dayangyirang mentioned that he and the individuals in Davao aren’t any strangers to humor, and so they welcomed wholesome discourse. “However what transpired was not political satire within the spirit of constructive criticism; it was a focused insult, delivered to a nationwide viewers, towards a frontrunner whose legacy is deeply tied to our metropolis’s honor and dignity.”
The Metropolis Council decision mentioned town authorities of Davao upheld values of respect, courtesy, and the preservation of dignity in direction of all people, significantly “public officers who’ve served the nation with distinction.” It referred to the previous President as “proud Davaoeño,” who introduced honor to town as former mayor and former President; and that Vice Ganda’s latest public efficiency, making satirical and derogatory remarks on him, had insulted not solely Duterte but additionally the individuals of Davao, who “held him in excessive esteem.”
Therefore, the Davao Metropolis Council solely finds it correct to take a proper stand in defending the dignity of its individuals and leaders.
“Davao Metropolis won’t be distracted by low-cost insults and distasteful jokes made for clout,” mentioned the previous President’s grandson and namesake Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, town’s performing vice mayor. “Public figures like Vice Ganda, who use their platform to mock slightly than uplift, reveal extra about their very own character than in regards to the individuals they ridicule,” the performing vice mayor added.
READ: Castro defends Vice Ganda’s jetski vacation joke: It got here from Duterte
Earlier, a number of personalities, together with Palace Press Officer Claire Castro, ACT Academics Rep. Antonio Tinio, son of Nationwide Artist for Theater and Literature Rolando Tinio, had defended Vice Ganda, stating that satire was not solely a type of leisure but additionally a type of protest.
“You, DDS, VP Sara, former President Duterte, the Dutertes—you insult the president, and also you name yourselves first rate? Then Vice Ganda makes use of a parody primarily based on what the previous president mentioned, and also you get upset,” Castro mentioned./coa
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