ZAMBOANGA CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte’s long-time aide-turned-senator Christoper Lawrence Go was totally bashed by Netizens on social media following his supposedly near-helicopter crash while enroute to Basilan province from here to inaugurate a hospital.
The Facebook page of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Western Mindanao posted Saturday a photo of Go showing him speaking on microphone and captioned: “Kung sakali mang mawala ako sa mundo, isa pong karangalan ang mamatay na nagseserbisyo sa bayan.”
Below the caption reads: “SEN. BONG GO on the near helicopter crash on the way to Basilan today (August 14, 2021) during his visit in Labuan, Zamboanga City.”
The PIA did not release any news article or details of its report and neither did the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
Another picture showed Go is captioned: “Ang pakiusap ko lang po sa ating mga doctors dito sa Basilan General Hospital, huwag po ninyong pabayaan ang mga kababayan natin na may sakit kung wala silang pera. Please lang po tulungan natin mga kababayan natin.”
Go flew to Basilan on a helicopter to formally inaugurate a Malasakit Center in Isabela City. But his presence in the province was largely seen as a political propaganda rather than just an inauguration ceremony.
The lawmaker is a loyal supporter of Duterte’s daughter, Sara Carpio who is currently the mayor of Davao city and is reportedly aspiring to replace her ageing father in next year’s polls. Duterte is also facing preliminary investigation from the International Court of Justice on allegations of extrajudicial killings of drug users in the government’s bloody war on drugs since he won the presidency in 2016.
From Basilan, Go flew back to Zamboanga City where he inaugurated another Malasakit Center and distributed food packs to selected beneficiaries.
The Malasakit Center is a One-Stop Shop where poor patients can efficiently access financial medical assistance from agencies such as Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
On the PIA-Western Mindanao Facebook page, Lyster V. Arbutante wrote this: “What service are you trying to say? By being a presidential photographer? Service to the president ha ha ha?”
Cleo Ross’s reaction was more extreme and said: “Go away and let it happen.”
One of Go’s supporters, Belen Flores, wrote: “Stay safe Senator Go.”
Mariete Olivo Aban’s comments: “Ayaw anay kawala sa mundo Sen. Bong, ihatag anay ng among 2018 diff sa mga MUP retirees kai need nila na karon kay pandemic MN ECQ pa gyud.”
Aban was referring to the pension differential or arrears of retired “military and uniformed personnel” which remain unpaid by the government.
The Department of Budget and Management initially released in 2018 a total of P2.85 billion to several agencies to cover one month equivalent of the 2018 pension differential of MUP. The initial release will benefit retired military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines as well as the retired uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Philippine Coast Guard and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority.
The total requirement to cover the 2018 pension differential of retired MUPs amounted to P34.20 billion. The Pension and Gratuity Fund was significantly reduced to P152.9 billion from P172.9 billion when the General Appropriations Act was passed, affecting the release of the 2018 pension differential of retired MUPs. (Zamboanga Post)
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