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Abby Binay slams Makati City officials who approved 'Gil Tulog' campaign

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172196484629520220810-makati-brigada-eskwela-GC-4.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Makati City mayor Abby Binay speaks to the audience during the Brigada Eskwela Kickoff inside the Comembo Elementary School in Makati on August 10, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Makati City Mayor Abby Binay on Friday called out city officials who greenlit an advertising campaign that changed &quot;Gil Puyat&quot; street signs to &quot;Gil Tulog.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The city officials who issued the permit should have exercised prudence. They should have been more thorough,&quot; Binay said in a statement.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/19/-mag-ready-sila-nancy-to-campaign-for-feisty-abby-if-she-runs-for-senate-1005">• &#x27;Mag-ready sila&#x27;: Nancy to campaign for &#x27;feisty&#x27; Abby if she runs for Senate</a></div><p>Binay said the request for the permit did not reach her office.</p><p>&quot;Kung dumaan sa akin yan, rejected yan agad,&quot; she said.</p><p>Binay said that aside from the confusion it brought to the motorists and commuters, the campaign also disrespected the memory of the former Senate President.</p><p>&quot;Humihingi ako ng paumanhin sa ating mga kababayan at sa pamilya ni dating Senate President Puyat. These signs have been taken down on my instruction... I have already reprimanded these officials for this glaring oversight,&quot; the mayor said.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GvHFMQW89uQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Mayor Abby Binay said that aside from the confusion it brought to the public, the campaign also disrespected the memory of the former Senate President.</p>

Mayor Abby Binay said that aside from the confusion it brought to the public, the campaign also disrespected the memory of the former Senate President.