Herbert Bautista caught the attention of Gabriela due to this
Gabriela Women’s Party slammed the “halik” scene that UniTeam senatorial candidate Herbert Bautista did during a campaign rally in Ormoc City.
In the said campaign rally, Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez had a pretend wedding for Herbert and a female UniTeam supporter. He said that they will the “kiss the bride” first, based on the article in Pilipino Star Ngayon.
“Pwede bang ikaw ang manghahalik o ako ang manghahalik sa’yo? … Sige, ako ang hahalik,” Herbert asked the female supporter. Then, he addressed those who were taking videos of the said scene.
“Kasi nagsalita ‘yung ibang sektor na baka po binabastos namin ang babae. Hindi po. Nagpapaalam po. Pwede ba akong humalik?” the senatorial candidate said.
The female supporter said “oo” as a go signal to what the actor-politician has asked. While he was explaining that he is not doing “pambabastos”, Herbert suddenly kissed the supporter.
Because of this “halik” incident during the campaign rally, Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas criticized the senatorial candidate.
“This is not about the female supporter agreeing to be kissed. This is about Bautista using the female supporter for his macho power play in a vain attempt to boost the Uniteam campaign rally,” she said.
Brosas added that “cheap degrading theatrics can’t make up for the lack of meaningful platforms for the people.” She also said that women should not be used as entertainment during campaign rallies.
The representative of the women’s group also stressed that harassment against women in any form should not be normalized.
Previously, Gabriela also criticized Cabuyao, Councilor Tutti Caringal and Calamba Mayor Timmy Chipeco after they let female supporters sit on their laps and did unwholesome dance.
Brosas said that this issue should be addressed already. “We will also file a bill seeking prohibition and sanctions on misogynist acts during campaign rallies in the next Congress,” she said.
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