Chanda Romero and Albert Martinez for a scene in “Batang Quaipo”. Screengrab from ABS-CBN/ TikTok
Common TV sequence “Batang Quiapo” got here beneath hearth after outstanding election lawyer Romulo Macalintal requested the Fee on Elections (Comelec) to “educate” the present’s producer about factual errors in one in all its scenes that includes “untimely campaigning.”
Macalintal’s remark stemmed from Comelec Commissioner George Garcia’s comment that he’s taking duty for public’s seeming ignorance in regards to the ballot physique and its mandate after a candidate in a magnificence pageant section on the noontime present, “It’s Showtime,” stated she had little to no information about Comelec.
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Whereas the present is fictitious, Macalintal noticed the necessity for the Comelec chair to teach the producer of “Batang Quiapo,” and the artists concerned within the scene which aired final March 5. The scene confirmed the Manila mayor, portrayed by actor Albert Martinez, confronting the vice mayor, performed by actress Chanda Romero, for alleged “untimely campaigning.”
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“Chairman Garcia has repeatedly defined that there isn’t a regulation prohibiting untimely campaigning within the nation,” the lawyer stated in a press release on Sunday.
“[F]or positive, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna wouldn’t like every of her officers to be depicted as one who’s unaware of election legal guidelines since a lot of the election-related scenes in that episode have been really shot on the premises of Manila Metropolis Corridor,” he added.
“Thus, like that magnificence contestant, the producer of Batang Quiapo and Martinez must also be invited by the Comelec to its workplace to ‘educate’ them of election legal guidelines and guidelines, particularly now that the brand new storyline of Batang Quiapo has shifted to election as its fundamental attraction,” he additional stated.
Other than this, Macalintal stated the present’s producer and scriptwriter “ought to be reminded of the gun ban guidelines contemplating the large show of excessive energy firearms and ammunitions and gun fights scenes in most of its episodes.”
“It’s the duty of Batang Quiapo producers to see to it that its viewers get the best and proper details about our election guidelines in order to not trigger any confusion among the many citizens on such an essential and delicate concern and different election-related issues,” he concluded.
Earlier this month, TV host and comic Vice Ganda couldn’t assist however be seemingly “alarmed” over a contestant within the “Horny Babe” magnificence pageant section, stated she has little to no information in regards to the ballot physique.
“Oh my gosh, that’s bothersome,” Vice Ganda responded upon understanding that the contestant was already 20 years previous.
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