Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson filed a case against a still not yet identified PCOO staff that became her source of the ‘misleading Marawi City photo’ that eventually discovered that only grabbed from Rappler.
The photo was posted by Mocha last Sunday, October 23 with a caption “Grabe naman ang bilis naman kumilos ng gobyerno.”.
Quickly, Rappler posted on their Facebook fan page, clarifying that the photo used by Asec. Mocha in her blog was taken by their correspondent Bobby Lagsa that taken on the 3rd day of Marawi Siege and not after President Rodrigo Duterte declared its liberation.
On Saturday, a ‘leaked’ document showed that the PCOO assistant secretary is planning to sue the ‘unnamed’ person who became the reason why Mocha posted the Marawi photo.
According to the document, Mocha got the controversial photo from ‘Mula sa Masa Para sa Masa’ Facebook page, however she was the one who blamed by Rappler for spreading ‘fake news’.
She also asked the Viber group of the PCOO, but her colleagues didn’t disclosed the name of the person who made her to the headlines and just told her that they already ‘dealt’ with that person.
This made her asked PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar to conduct an investigation to unmask the staff who grabbed the controversial photo from Rappler.
“I am therefore constrained to inquire with your office, as the appointing authority of the said unnamed person to conduct an investigation on the same, discover the name and designation of the person responsible for the offending picture and if the evidence warrants, initiate the appropriate administrative case against the said unnamed person.” Uson said.
Leaked document shows Mocha Uson asking PCOO Sec. Martin Andanar to identify the person who misled her.
She also made a statement on her Facebook page, explaining that she’s not the source of the photo and she was also mislead by the post of Mula sa Masa Para sa Masa fan page.
“Gusto ko lamang po klaruhin na ang photo na ginamit ko po dito ay galing sa MULA SA MASA, PARA SA MASA PAGE na isa sa mga OPISYAL na pahayagan ng PCOO. Wala po tayong intention linlangin ang tao tulad na sinasabi ng Rappler dahil nga ito ay galing sa OPISYAL NA PAHAYAGAN NG PCOO. At bilang Assistant Secretary for Social Media ng PCOO ay akin lamang po itong ibinahagi sa Social Media,” she said.
Secretary Andanar said that the case is already under investigation and administrative case shall be filed against the source of the misleading photo.
