By Mortz C.
Ortigoza
During the
recent joint victory party of incoming Congressman Toff de Venecia (4th
District, Pangasinan) and cousin presumptive Rep. Edward Maceda (4th
District, Manila) at the family owned Sampaguita Gardens in Valencia Street
Quezon City, I met incoming president Rodrigo Duterte’s double - header presidential spokesman and press secretary Salvador Panelo.
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| JEANS, BOOTS. Incoming Press Secretary Sal Panelo and his ripped jeans and shinny black Italian boots. PHOTO CREDIT: Politics.com |
“What’s your take on the adverse
pronouncement of Mon Tulfo about you?” I posed to the outrageously sartorial buff and high rollers’
lawyer.
To the
unfamiliar, Tulfo’s recent column at the Philippine Daily Inquirer trained his
gun on Panelo and Mark Villar’s appointment as secretary of the Department of
Public Works & Highway.
The feisty columnist
cited the appointments of the duo were not evaluated thoroughly by the
presumptive president.
Tulfo said Panelo,
lawyer of mass murderer of mostly media men Andal Ampatuan, Jr., is adversarial
to the press, both in countenance and demeanor.
“First, a presidential spokesperson should be
pleasant-looking because he’s called upon to talk to reporters in front of the
TV camera.
Second, Panelo’s antics and the outlandish knickknacks he
wears on his person will make him a laughingstock which will reflect on
Duterte.
Digong should rethink his decision if he wants to get along
with the press in the vital first six months of his administration,” Tulfo wrote.
