Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio hit hard on veteran columnist Ramon Tulfo and advised the public through her Facebook Page not to allow to be abused because of age, gender, or beliefs.
The presidential daughter lambasted Tulfo for his “Plan C” column on The Philippine Star newspaper with details allegedly based on mere hearsays.
“Nandun na tayo na karamihan sa atin ay Marites pero yung isusulat ang chismis at ipapalabas na ito ay totoong nangyari ay nakaka lalaki na. Sa aking karera sa pulitika marami na ako nakasalamuha na lalaki na tulad ni Tulfo, yung paningin sa mga babae ay hindi nag iisip at ibinabase ang galaw at pananalita sa nararamdaman lamang. Mga lalaking bastos at mapanghusga. Sa buhay ninyo huwag niyo hayaan na kayo ay bastusin dahil sa edad, kasarian o paniniwala. Wag niyo payagan na kayo ay Tulfohin,” the mayor posted.
An irked Mayor Sara responded to the article written by Tulfo entitled “Plan C” in his column Sentinel on October 26, 2021, and described the article as based on mere chismis (rumors).
Mayor Sara’s reply to the article sent via Letters to the editor of The Philippine Star, the mayor stated that the article betrayed how The Philippine Star values its credibility and integrity as one of the country’s leading sources of news and information.
“At face value, it’s not very hard to know that Mr. Tulfo was peddling wild conjectures, lies, intrigues, and chismis in this Plan C article, which entirely based on hearsay,” Mayor Sara’s letter stated.
In his column, Tulfo wrote that under Plan C, according to his Cebu spies, Digong (President Rodrigo Duterte) would run for the Senate, with an eye for acquiring the position of Senate president. Plan C, which will be presented to Bongbong Marcos anytime now, requires the following from Bongbong himself: he would have to retain all key Cabinet members, such as Francisco Duque for health, Cusi for energy, Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez for finance, and Salvador “Bingbong” Medialdea as executive secretary.
“From where I sit, it seems that the current administration has figured out everything, including a Marcos-Go win and a victory for Digong in the Senate race,” Tulfo wrote.
Mayor Sara stated that of the more than 20 Plan C paragraphs, seven were devoted to pure “chismis” about her, President Duterte, and Go.
Mayor Sara enumerated the following details in Tulfo’s column as baseless and mere hearsays:
Chismis: My little birdies in Cebu said that Sara might just run as Bongbong’s party-mate to upset Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, who’s running for the vice presidency.
Chismis: She also wants to unsettle her father, President Digong.
Chismis: Several times during the party, Sara expressed abhorrence over Go’s close bonding with her father, according to one of my little birdies (By little birdy I mean sources, not the other meaning. – RTT).
Chismis: Sara implied that even after getting elected senator, Bong Go continues to be “servile” – that’s not my choice of wording, but my little birdies – to Digong.
Chismis: There’s nothing wrong with Bong being a servant to her father, Sara implied; it’s just that she and her siblings can’t go directly to the President without passing through him.
Chismis: As we all know, there’s bad blood between daughter and father.
Chismis: Sara hasn’t gotten over her parents’ separation; she sides with her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, a Filipino-German who’s a former Philippine Airlines flight attendant.
The mayor said the rest of the article was either unimportant, given, or another load of hogwash and untruths that we’ve all heard before.
Mayor Sara also stated that Plan C was stitched by someone that no self-respecting individual – much more a member of the media – should find inspiration from.
“Mr. Tulfo’s article should be found not in any of the main pages of The Philippine Star – unless The Philippine Star is a rumormonger publication or a tabloid that serves people like Mr. Tulfo. This brings me to inevitably question the vetting process that your newspaper observes and follows before publishing articles. Lastly, as the object of Mr. Tulfo’s journalistic irresponsibility, courtesy of The Philippine Star, I deserve an apology – however, I am not expecting,” the mayor stated.
