The controversial photo of Vice President Leni Robredo with some Liberal Party members in the Holocaust Memorial in Germany
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo has come under fire after a controversial photo of her with some Liberal Party members in the Holocaust Memorial in Germany circulated on social media.
With her in the photograph were some party mates including LP president Senator Francis Pangilinan, Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte, Marikina Rep. Miro Quimbo, Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao and former budget secretary Florencio Abad.
In an ambush interview Tuesday in Pasay City, VP Robredo apologized for the photo and accepted critics’ point over the matter though she said there was no malice behind it.
“There was no excuse. There was no excuse. While there was no malice in it, I take full responsibility so I would like to apologize for whatever offense, sensitivities to people it caused,” the Vice President said.
The Holocaust Memorial was built in 2004 to honor the lives of millions of victims of the Nazi regime. Netizens vent out their dismay on social media seeing the Vice President and her group used as a photo-op.
Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr., who first posted the picture in a tweet, also expressed his apology.
He explained in a series of tweets that they “fully understand the plight experienced by Jews under the Nazis…the same way that we condemn injustice anywhere in the world.”
However, he added that though they “are appreciative of the countless advocates of human rights for sharing their thoughts,” he hopes that the public can also muster the same “outrage over the EJKs” in the country, alluding to the Duterte administration’s anti-drug war.
VP Robredo’s group was in Berlin, Germany last week for a study tour for poverty alleviation. The study tour was fully funded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF)-Philippines. — Mai Bermudez | UNTV News & Rescue
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