Pura Luka Vega Declared by Lucena City Councilor a Persona Non Grata in the Town
Lucena City Councilor announces the declaration of Pura Luka Vega a “persona non grata” in Lucena City, Quezon province.
On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, Lucena City Councilor Benito Brizuela Jr. announced the passing of a resolution declaring the controversial drag artist Pura Luka Vega as “persona non grata” within the province.
Brizuela revealed that the city legislative council had unanimously approved the resolution. However, he did not provide additional details about the declaration nor did he upload a copy of the resolution itself.
The local official said in his privileged speech that the internet personality’s controversial video is not a good influence especially to young children who watched the inappropriate stint.
“This is disrespectful, blasphemous, and shouldn’t be done by anyone regardless of what religion they might be talking about,” he said.
Here is the full post:
“With the support of the Sanggunian, naipasa po natin ang Resolution Declaring Amadeus Fernando Pagente aka. Pura Luka Vega as PERSONA NON GRATA in the City of Lucena, ngayong araw na ito.
Sa lungsod ng Lucena, sa pangunguna ng ating Mayor Kuya Mark Alcala, Vice Mayor Roderick Dondon Alcala at kasama ang ating mga Konsehal sa Sangguniang Panlungsod – kaisa kami ng buong sambayanang Pilipino sa pagtindig sa tama at pagprotekta ng integridad ng bawat isa.”
Way back in 2020, the Department of Interior and Local Government stated that a local Sanggunian can declared a certain person as persona non grata. However, it must be done according to the law.
Amadeus Fernando Pagente or popularly known as Pura Luka Vega was already declared a persona non grata in 12 localities including Cebu City, Manila City, General Santos City, Mandaue City, Bukidnon, Dinagat Islands, Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Occidental Mindoro and Cagayan De Oro.
A few days ago, Pagente gave a brief speech after his performance addressing the issues surrounding him and claimed that everyone mistakes because everyone is a sinner during his performance at Apotheka Manila in Makati City.
The social media users expressed their reactions to the resolution:
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