Panay News

Ombudsman raps vs Uson over ‘sign language’ video

-  By Adria n Stewa rt Co

MANILA – Their apology won’t cut it.

Communicat­ions Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson and blogger Drew Olivar have been charged at the Office of the Ombudsman for making fun of sign language in a video.

Members and allies of the persons with disabiliti­es community l odged f our complaints against Uson and Olivar even though the two already apologized.

Uson faces charges for violation of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials, the Civil Code of the Philippine­s, the Cybercrime Prevention Act, the Magna Carta for Persons with Disability, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabiliti­es.

The v i deo s howing Olivar “inventing his hand movements” was “vulgar” and showed a “very dangerous public example for hearing people,” Philippine Federation

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