Pasig Metropolis congressional candidate Ian Sia. Photograph from Sia’s Fb web page.
MANILA, Philippines — Candidate for Pasig Metropolis lone district consultant Ian Sia apologized for his remarks towards single moms which earned the ire of social media customers, girls’s group, a cupboard official, and even the Fee on Elections (Comelec).
Sia, a lawyer, jokingly remarked providing himself to single moms, particularly “menstruating” ones.
“I’m sorry for my phrases. I went too far. I made a flawed alternative of joke, not appropriate for a political caucus,” stated Sia in Filipino in a press convention Friday.
“I hope for my critics, I hope you discover it in your hearts to forgive an individual who has dedicated a mistake. I hope you’ll give me one other likelihood,” he added.
Sia famous that one in every of his siblings and his grandmother had been solo dad and mom.
“I do know the issues that single moms undergo. It’s not a joking matter. I’ve a clear intention to assist that sector,” Sia added.
READ: Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia on Friday stated the Process Drive Protected issued a present trigger in opposition to Sia.
The duty drive stated this could possibly be a potential violation of Comelec Decision No. 11116.
The decision states that no discrimination shall be acted in opposition to marginalized teams like girls, together with individuals which are a part of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) group, indigenous peoples, individuals residing with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and individuals with incapacity.
READ: DSWD calls out Pasig Home guess Ian Sia for joke vs single mothers: ‘Not humorous’
Division of Social Welfare and Improvement chief Rex Gatchalian stated he doesn’t discover Sia’s joke humorous
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Gabriela Girls’s Celebration on Friday additionally known as his joke “misogynistic.”
