Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian said 'fake news' that are being spread against him, his family and the Valenzuela city government are meant to distract the public from the issue involving the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corporation.
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian said “fake news” that are being spread against him, his family and the Valenzuela city government are meant to distract the public from the issue involving the North Luzon Expressway Corporation.The statement came after a message accusing the Gatchalian family of corrupt practices and not being Filipino citizens began circulating in social media.
“We will not allow any multi-billion corporate entity to trample on our rights as motorists,” the city government said in a statement issued on Monday. “It is distasteful that instead of exerting all their time to lay down viable concrete actions, they wasted their energy and resources on a demolition job against the Mayor and the City Government of Valenzuela by spreading fake news through Viber chat groups.
“We will not allow the sick brain of this demolition job to dilute the real story nor allow him to distract us from the real score which is to hold big operators accountable for lousy services in our tollways. This highway robbery has to stop now. We demand for solutions now!” it added. “We do not have any role or participation whatsoever with this rumor. We do not endorse or support this spiteful rumor in any way whatsoever,” his tweet read.