Pro-Duterte blogger Krizette Laureta Chu went viral on social media after she made a public apology on her post for calling the government ‘t*nga’ in one of her posts.
During the Congressional hearing conducted by Tri-Comm on the proliferation of disinformation, Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante grilled Chu on some of the posts she published online.
Chu argued that she was only trying to exercise her freedom of expression on social media.
“Respectfully, Mr. Chair, those are my feelings,” Chu said.
However, Abante insisted that Chu’s statement could be considered fake news.
Abante then demanded Chu to apologize, which the latter heeded.
“I demand that you apologize,” said Abante.
“I apologize for saying the word ‘t*nga’ on my post,” Chu responded.
Another blogger, MJ Reyes Quiambao, also received a warning from Abante, saying that he would make a motion to cite her in contempt if she would not apologize for calling the EJK cases a ‘hoax.
“If you don’t apologize right now, or I am going to make a motion to cite you in contempt,” said Abante.
The lawmaker even made remarks calling the bloggers ‘t*nga’ during the hearing, but it was already removed from the record as it was considered unparliamentary.