Sotto says 'Alipato at Muog' applied for a second review while 'Dear Satan' hasn't filed an appeal yet regarding the classification
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During the Tuesday, September 3 hearing of the Senate subcommittee on the proposed 2025 budget of MTRCB and the Film Development Council of the Philippines , Sotto said that these rating classifications were not an attack on freedom of expression. She cited section 3, C) 2 of PD 1986 as the reason, which states that the board may disapprove films that tend to “undermine the faith and confidence of the people in their government and/or the duly constituted authorities.”
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