Richard Gomez became a trending topic for this Facebook post
Leyte 4th District Rep. Richard Gomez was criticized by netizens because of his post in which he complained about the EDSA bus lane.
Richard is known as one of the matinee idols during the 90s. In his showbiz career, he has done remarkable projects that paved his way to stardom. Aside from being an actor, he is also known as a sportsman.
Richard is one of the showbiz personalities who ventured into politics. He has been serving the people of Ormoc and Tacloban for many years already.
As a public servant and celebrity, Richard Gomez could easily get people’s attention with a single social media post, just like what happened just recently.
In a now-deleted post, the actor-politician shared his thoughts regarding the traffic situation on the most popular highway in the Philippines. Richard did not like the fact that he spent hours in EDSA just to get to his destination.
“2 hours in EDSA traffic and counting. From Makati, Ayala nasa SM Edsa pa lang ako up to now. Eh QC (Quezon City) and punta ko. 1 or 2 hours pa ba?!” he complained.
Richard also shared his views regarding the bus lane in EDSA. “Ilang bus lang ang gumagamit ng bus lane, bakit hindi buksan during heavy traffic para mas maluwang ang traffic?” the actor-politician suggested.
Because of this Facebook post that Richard Gomez shared on his official Facebook page, he became a trending topic on X, formerly Twitter. It is because netizens on the micro-blogging social media platform are bashing him. He is accused of being entitled or sounding like a privileged individual and just complaining inside his luxury car.
For some netizens, the actor-politician should try riding a bus to understand the predicaments of daily commuters and know the struggles they have to go through every single day. Here are some tweets against Richard.
Wow Richard Gomez. Just wow. Eh kung sumakay ka nalang kaya ng bus? Nakakahiya naman sayo na may sariling sasakyan at mas kumportable kesa sa amin na nagsisiksikan makauwi lang ha pic.twitter.com/DKac073lp1
— alt iWantTFC (@ALTiWantTFC) August 29, 2024
‘GOMA-LANE, YOU WANT?’
— jcco (@Jjcruz2) August 29, 2024
“Ilang bus lang nman ang gumagamit ng bus lane, bakit hindi buksan pag heavy traffic para lumuwag ang traffic?”
—Cong. Richard Gomez
**Yown! Finally, dinaig ng riding public using ‘BUS LANE’ ang mayayaman o VIP sa EDSA. TAX PAYERS, you’re the BOSS!😎🫡 pic.twitter.com/PlNZJLpRTc
Hello Richard Gomez also known as Cong GOMA,
— Joken (@jokenkenAR) August 29, 2024
Ba’t kaming commuter pa maga-adjust?
What if magpropose kayo ng bill na hindi pahirap sa mga commuters?
Pls guys stop voting entitled and out of touch politicians.
Take the bus challenge pls for @1richardgomez1 pic.twitter.com/I3w1bmtJy6
As of this writing, the actor-politician has not released a statement yet regarding this issue.