MANILA, Philippines — Two vloggers apologized to House lawmakers after they were confronted with evidence that ran contrary to their claims.
At one point during the House tri-committee hearing on Friday, MJ Quiambao-Reyes apologized to Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. for claiming that extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the Duterte administration’s drug war were a “hoax,” and that those who criticized former President Rodrigo Duterte were funded by drug cartels, terrorists, and corrupt politicians.
Abante warned Reyes that if she would not apologize for her misleading claims, he would move to cite the vlogger for contempt.
“Miss MJ, you are accountable to the victims, and you are accountable to us in the quad committee. You made us, the victims, appear like liars, so if you do not apologize right now — you listen — if you do not apologize, I am going to make a motion to hold you in contempt,” Abante said.
“I apologize sir and as I said earlier, next time I would look for proof first … and we would not rely on news reports only,” Reyes replied.
“Mr. Chair, this is the second time that Miss MJ has apologized. I hope that next time, you vloggers, do not hastily give opinions based on your impressions. Give out the truth. If you have documents, use it because we have documents to show,” Abante said.
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