Problems continue to hound Darryl Yap’s controversial film on the late actress Pepsi Paloma.
He recently submitted it to the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) for review, a requirement needed prior to it being allowed to screen around these parts.
But the MTRCB, as headed by Lala Sotto, is seemingly not too keen on reviewing it, going on to ask the film’s distributor to provide them first the following requirements: A Certificate or Clearance of No Pending Criminal, Civil, or Administrative Case from the Regional Trial Court, the Department of Justice, and the Office of the City Prosecutor.
According to the MTRCB, these were requested by the agency’s legal affairs division to “ensure that there will be no violation of the P.D. 1986 and its Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR).”
The MTRCB maintained Section 3(c), Paragraph VII of the Presidential Decree No. 1986 (P.D. No, 1986) explicitly prohibits the exhibition of materials that pertain to a matter sub judice in nature.
Note the 19 counts of cyber libel filed by actor-TV host Vic Sotto, whose name was mentioned in the director’s film teaser as an alleged rapist of the late sexy star remains pending before the prosecutor’s office of Muntinlupa.
Darryl’s reaction?
A few hours after the MTRCB made public their request to the film’s distributors, he took to social media to share with followers the actual letter sent by the MTRCB to the president of Pinoyflix Films and Entertainment Production, his film’s distributor.
“Ang Kapalaran ng ‘The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma,’” he wrote as caption, seemingly wondering if the film would ever see the light of day.
It is a far cry from his pronouncements only day ago, after a local court allowed him “to proceed with the production and eventual release of the film.”
