Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon. 黑料社 file photo / CATHY MIRANDA
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon has apologized to Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president Vivencio 鈥淰ince鈥� Dizon for mistakenly claiming he was related to the designer of the controversial P50-million cauldron to be used for the 30th Southeast Asian Games.
During an interview over ANC鈥檚 鈥淗eadstart,鈥� Drilon claimed that late Filipino architect and national artists Francisco 鈥淏obby鈥� Ma帽osa, who designed the cauldron, was the father-in-law of Dizon.
鈥淚 would like to correct my statement in Headstart this morning about the relationship of the architect who built the SEA Games cauldron, the late Architect Bobby Ma帽osa, and BCDA Pres. Vince Dizon. They are not related. I was wrong in my information. I apologize to Dizon,鈥� Drilon said in a statement Thursday.
The senator has questioned the cost of the cauldron, saying the amount could have been used to build more than 50 classrooms.
Dizon鈥檚 BCDA was tasked by the government to build the sports facilities for the upcoming games.