Social media users and most netizens flooded Twitter with the question #NasaanAngPangulo after the Philippine President, Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III did not attend the arrival honors for the fallen men of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Forces (PNP-SAF) which arrived at the Villamor Air Base on Thursday.
The hashtag #NasaanAngPangulo became the hottest trending topics not only in the Philippines but also worldwide after most netizens questioned the unavailability of the country’s commander-in-chief during the time of sorrow of the PNP because of their fallen comrades.
During the arrival of the slain PNP-SAF commandos at the Villamor Airbase, emotions were running high in Pasay City but the President was nowhere to be found because he was in Sta. Rosa, Laguna to attend the inauguration of the new manufacturing plant of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines.
According to Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte, President Aquino was not originally scheduled to attend the arrival honors but the President will be leading the necrological services to be held in Camp Bagong Diwa on Friday morning.
Although the Palace had explained the whereabouts of the Philippine Presidents, netizens could not be stop from asking NasaanAngPangulo on social media.
Here are some of the tweets posted by netizens online:
