A screenshot of the video of the beach party held in San Francisco, Camotes Island last July 10 which an anonymous complainant reported to the DILG for possible violation of health protocols.
CEBU CITY 鈥� Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has questioned the motives of the anonymous complaint about a 鈥渂each party鈥� video that involved her son-in-law and fifth district Rep. Duke Frasco.
According to Garcia, the incident happened on July 10 when the classification of the province was still under the more relaxed modified general community quarantine (MGCQ).
鈥淭he facts speak for themselves. Last July 10, Cebu Province was still under MGCQ. I guess it is very malicious to send the video now trying to present a totally different impression that this was happening right now when Cebu province is under GCQ (general community quarantine) with heightened restrictions.
鈥淭he fact that this video surfaced only now from an anonymous sender, does raise the question, first of all, that it is obviously malicious, and when it becomes malicious, there is obviously a motive,鈥� Garcia told reporters.
鈥淎nd what other motive can we think of except that as the elections draw near, for some people, everything seems to be about politics. Not for me, not for our group, but for some other people.鈥�
鈥淏ut they better try harder because I don鈥檛 think the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government would appreciate the fact that they, whoever sent that, try to fool 聽him into thinking that this activity happened when Cebu was placed under GCQ.鈥�
Interior Secretary Eduardo A帽o recently ordered the police to investigate the viral video of a beach party in San Francisco town on the Camotes Group of Islands.
Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has also announced that he asked the Cebu Police Provincial Office to investigate the incident.
Congressman Frasco has yet to issue a statement on the virtual video. He was married to the daughter of Governor Garcia, Christina who is also mayor of Liloan town in Cebu province.