LEYTE Rep. Richard Gomez has stirred attention online after criticizing a “noisy” mayor in a Facebook post.
“Why is this city mayor making so much noise?” Gomez wrote, adding that the local chief executive should “fix your own house first before pointing fingers at others.”
“It doesn’t surprise me anymore that this so-called ‘clean’ mayor is throwing accusations of corruption at us congressmen… Corruption has become the easiest issue to ride on nowadays, but let’s be honest, I don’t think this is all about corruption,” he added.
Many observers saw the social media post as an apparent pointed rebuke of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin “Benjie” Magalong, who has been vocal in his criticisms of alleged corruption in Congress in relation to botched flood-control projects.
Gomez, however, did not name the mayor directly.
“If this is about his own congressman, who happens to bring in more projects for his district than he can for his city, don’t include all of us,” Gomez said.
“Don’t drag all of us into your fight. Don’t discredit every congressman just to make yourself look good,” he added.
Malacañang earlier declined Magalong’s offer to lead an impartial investigation into the questionable flood control projects.
“I’m not looking for a fight; I’m looking for the truth,” Magalong said.
“We are not the enemies here, but friendly forces, because we want the President to succeed,” the Baguio City mayor added.
