{"id":149733,"date":"2018-01-30T04:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T09:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149733"},"modified":"2018-01-30T04:46:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T09:46:54","slug":"poe-asks-andanar-have-you-considered-shutting-down-mocha-uson-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/30\/poe-asks-andanar-have-you-considered-shutting-down-mocha-uson-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Poe asks Andanar: Have you considered shutting down Mocha Uson blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FIGHT AGAINST FAKE NEWS: Senator Grace Poe (middle), chair of the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, quizzes government officials, media personnel and bloggers present during the latest Senate hearing on the fight against fake news on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. (PRIB Photo by Alexis Nueva Espa\u00f1a, 30 January 2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHave you ever considered that perhaps this a conflict of interest and it should be shut, Sir?\u201d Chairperson of the Senate public information committee Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday asked PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar at the resumption of the hearing of the Senate committee on public information and mass media regarding the controversial posts of Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson on her Facebook page Mocha Uson Blog.<\/p>\n

Poe, citing the Section 4(b) of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, stressed that Mocha\u2019s role as assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and as a blogger might have \u201coverlapped\u201d with the law.<\/p>\n

The Senator said that it is stated by the law that public officials and employees during his\/her term shall not \u201cengage in the private practice of their profession unless authorized by the Constitution or law, provided, that such practice will not conflict or tend to conflict with their legal functions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to separate her own personal opinion from that of the PCOO. Have you ever considered, and I will ask this and I hope you will answer in all candidness that since her own private blog is also a way of expressing and communicating, that this indeed (is) overlapping with her official functions? Perhaps even using government\u00a0time to be able\u00a0to fulfill her work in her blog,\u201d Poe said.<\/p>\n

Andanar responded by clarifying that she had spoken to Mocha about her controversial blog and asked her to take down some remarks she posted on her Facebook page.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also spoken about her freedom of expression and also her way of speaking on her own Facebook page and I\u2019ve called her out a few times and she has also taken down a few remarks\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Andanar added that Mocha is serving well her market of overseas Filipino workers, and Classes C, D, and E of the society. He also added that\u00a0she is accountable and not exempted from any law.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told her, as far as your blog is concerned, that is not a reflection of the PCOO. Whatever you say there is not from the PCOO,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The PCOO secretary also said it is \u201cunfair\u201d for workers in government media to be judged based on the social media posts of Mocha.<\/p>\n

“If we judge PCOO based on Mocha\u2019s blog, I think it\u2019s unfair that thousands of workers of government media who work so hard to strengthen our platform,\u201d Andanar said.<\/p>\n

Senator Bam Aquino, however, emphasized that Mocha\u2019s blog \u201creflects upon the PCOO and its work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to think na<\/em> 1,000 members ng <\/em>PCOO, kayo kayo mismo pwede mag-ayos ng problema na ‘to na mga miyembro ng inyong samahan hindi gumagawa ng <\/em>misinformation at<\/em> hate speech [I\u2019d like to think that PCOO has 1,000 members, so you yourselves can fix this problem that the members of your office cannot create misinformation and hate speech],\u201d Aquino told Andanar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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