Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda is about to get mobbed big time on Twitter. He just posted a few minutes ago calling out the “leftists” who were protesting against the recent increase in oil prices via a transport strike. In a tweet on his account @dawende said:
Noticed how leftists are so onion-skinned? Tinawag lang perjuicio ang strike, pumputok ang butchi nila! Mahilig bumanat pero mga pikon pala!
Here’s a screenshot:
And he just gave the President's detractors ammunition 
He’s obviously free to say whatever he wants to say on Twitter but if things go wrong this could end up as another PR disaster for him.
On a more personal note regarding the same issue… I read that DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas was strongly defending VAT on oil during his talk with transport groups earlier this afternoon. I’m a bit disappointed since I distinctly remember him championing the very same cause when he was still a Senator. In fact, here’s the video that’s uploaded on Youtube talking about why it should be removed:
Oh well. :/
Just like that Mai Mislang controversy about Vietnam & wine, government officials are and will always be under the microscope of people. Sorry, there’s no getting out of that 24×7 role. As GMA-News so correctly shouts their online slogan… #thinkB4Uclick !!!
Thanks for sharing, Carlo!
Thanks for sharing. I was trying to download the YouTube video to no avail. I was thinking they might remove it soon if it gets too viral.
i love the class assertion, “perjuicio” . hahaha c lattierda talaga ang new ernie maceda. probably through his gift of gab, the down fall of this lack luster regime is in the horizon. nga pala bat parang tahimik yung self proclaimed leftists @ akbayan? pera pera lang yan.
alam mo ba kung bakit tahimik ang AKBAYAN?
alam nyo sino naka upo na Sec. bilang Political Officer
alam mo din siguro kung cno naka upo sa Human rights.
hehehehe