Mocha Uson denies she was fired by PRRD

FORMER Presidential Communications Assis­tant Secretary Mocha Uson has dismissed re­ports that she was fired by President Duterte as fake news.

Uson, speaking on her radio program yesterday, insisted that she resigned from her post, and has not been asked to step down.

“Huwag lang sana mag­pakalat ng fake news,” she said when she learned about an online news report that the President sup­posedly fired her from her job.

“Hindi nga ako pinag-resign. Nag-resign ako. Ngayon ang sina­sabi nila na pinatalsik daw ako so pinapamukha nila na parang sinu-ngaling ako,” she said.

Uson, appearing in a budget hear­ing at the Senate last Oct. 3, an­nounced her resignation to facilitate the approval of the proposed 2019 budget of the Presidential Com­munications Operations Office. She claimed that some lawmakers were delaying the approval of the PCOO budget after she missed the budget deliberations since she was abroad.

“I do not wish to cause such burden to the office, hence I am hereby notifying you of my resignation ef­fective 1 Oct. 2018,” Uson said in a letter to the President dated Sept. 28.

In her radio program, Uson ex­plained that she submitted her resignation letter to the Office of the President which has been ac­cepted.

“Kung ayaw ninyo pa rin mani­wala at gumagawa kayo ng kwen­to, ‘di tanungin ninyo si Presi­dente,” she said.

She said unlike others who sought a one-on-one meeting with the President before leaving government, she opted not to dis­turb the President anymore since he was dealing with many prob­lems. (Genalyn D. Kabiling)