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Pasig mayor defends commuter loading scheme, rejects 'elitist' tag

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto. ABS-CBN News/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/07/19/20190514-vico-sotto-proclamation-gc-1688_1.jpg"/><figcaption>Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto. <em>ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Friday defended himself from critics on Twitter who tagged him as &quot;elitist&quot; after defending a commuter scheme.</p><p>The criticism stemmed from concerns from a netizen who complained that some commuters on the Rosario Bridge had to transfer to the Sto. Rosario de Pasig Parish to wait for public transportation due to a road repair project along Sandoval Avenue.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Bakit kaya pag nasa ibang bansa tayong mga pilipino, handa tayong sumunod sa tamang sakayan/babaan... kahit paglakarin tayo ng 500 meters sumusunod tayo, no questions asked...<br/><br/>Pero pag nasa maynila tayo, magagalit pa kapag inaayos ito... <a href="https://t.co/Vw9Ytc46hD">https://t.co/Vw9Ytc46hD</a></p>— Vico Sotto (@VicoSotto) <a href="https://twitter.com/VicoSotto/status/1580414916715941888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Anong ginagawa n&#x27;yo sa mga pasaherong nag-aabang ng masasakyan sa may Rosario tulay? Pinalipat n&#x27;yo sila sa napakalayong simbahan,&quot; a Twitter user replied to Sotto&#x27;s tweet on the repair project.</p><p>(What are you doing to commuters waiting for a ride along Rosario Bridge? You had them wait at a distant church.)</p><p>Sotto replied by lamenting how Filipinos were willing to abide with public transportation rules in other countries but complain when similar efforts are being done in the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;Bakit kaya &#x27;pag nasa ibang bansa tayong mga Pilipino, handa tayong sumunod sa tamang sakayan/babaan... kahit paglakarin tayo ng 500 meters sumusunod tayo, no questions asked... Pero &#x27;pag nasa Maynila tayo, magagalit pa kapag inaayos ito,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Why are Filipinos abroad willing to walk 500 meters to follow public transportation rules, but complain when the same is done in Manila?)</p><p>His tweet immediately received outrage from other Twitter users, with netizen Jericho Rayel Timbol saying: &quot;Tell me that you don’t ride public transportation without telling me you don’t ride public transportation.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tell me that you don’t ride public transportation without telling me you don’t ride public transportation.</p>— Jericho Rayel Timbol (@jerichorayel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jerichorayel/status/1580453049763790850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Sotto then defended himself, telling Timbol that the church was a &quot;safer&quot; site for commuters.</p><p>&quot;With due respect to your opinion/narrative, how about [you] go to the site and see where it&#x27;s actually safer for commuters? Following rules is cultural too,&quot; he said. </p><p>He earlier addressed questions about the road repair project along Sandoval Avenue, particularly as to why the project is left unattended during daytime.</p><p>&quot;Ang construction permit po ng contractor dito ay 10 p.m. hanggang 5 a.m. Inoobserbahan po kasi natin ang Occupational Safety and Health Standards... lalo na&#x27;t nasa &quot;breaking phase&quot; pa tayo, delikado kung may works habang maraming dumadaan,&quot; Sotto said.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1387133" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday defended himself from critics on Twitter who tagged him as 'elitist' after defending a commuter scheme.