Palace: Mocha free to quit MTRCB

Former dancer and sex adviser Mocha Uson is free to leave her post as a member of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board ( MTRCB), Malacañang said yesterday.

In a video that circulated online over the weekend, Uson, whose real name is Margaux Justiniano Uson, said she would resign from the MTRCB if she could not convince other board members to stop television programs from airing lewd scenes.

Uson, a staunch supporter of President Duterte, said she would be of no use to the board if the interests of television networks and their sponsors prevail over that of the public, especially the youth.

“If I just allow the garbage programming of TV networks to continue so they can profit from them, I am no longer of any use to the MTRCB,” she said in Filipino.

Asked in a dzRB interview to comment on Uson’s statement, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said: “I’m not sure about… the issues involved. But if she feels that she needs to quit, then she is free to do so.”

“But as far as I know, she still said that she would be continually supporting the President in whatever capacity that she has,” he added.

Uson, who has been using her blog to support Duterte and to malign and discredit Duterte’s critics, including the media, was appointed to the MTRCB last December.