Davao declares Ramon Bautista as “persona non grata”

Photo Courtesy of Ramon Bautista’s Facebook Page

DAVAO CITY — Led by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the Davao City Council recently proclaimed comedian Ramon Bautista as “persona non grata” in the city, citing that “he is an extremely corrupt influence to the youth” and “his abusive behavior should not be tolerated.”

The declaration resulted from Bautista’s remark during the Kadayawan Festival celebration in Davao last weekend. During the rave party, Bautista said “ang daming hipon dito sa Davao.” He also encouraged the people to chant “hipon.”

“Hipon” or shrimp is the colloquial term used to describe a person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.

Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte reprimanded Bautista for what he did to which the latter apologized. Bautista also issued a public apology through his Twitter account to which he owned up for the mistake that he did. Bautista also said that he is ready to accept the consequences of what he did.

Aside from that, the resolution also mentioned that Bautista’s act of posting his photo with three young girls in his Instragram account is “wilfully and arrogantly intended to propagate a culture of sexism and male chauvinism that promotes rude and disrespectful behavior against women.

” Bautista captioned his Instagram photo with this: “ito ang kabataan ngayon hihi. #kadayawan #PasisikatinKitaHijaFoundation.