Sen. Raffy T. Tulfo (Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� A vehicle boarded by Quezon City Second District Rep. Ralph Wendel Tulfo was caught illegally using the EDSA busway, Sen. Raffy Tulfo himself confirmed to reporters on Tuesday.
Despite this, Sen.Tulfo sees nothing wrong with the incident since his son 鈥渄id not lie and escape鈥� authorities.
Only buses, responding emergency vehicles, as well as selected top-ranking officials including the President, Vice President, House Speaker, and chief Justice of the Supreme Court are presently allowed to use the lane.
鈥淚nadmit naman niya hindi naman siya nagsinungaling at nag-apologize siya so wala akong nakikitang problema doon. As long as hindi siya tumakas, hindi siya gumamit ng plakang otso, which karapatan niyang gumamit, pero hindi siya gumamit it just shows na hindi siya abusado,鈥� said the senator.
(He admitted it and he did not lie. He also apologized so I see nothing wrong with that. As long as he did not escape, he did not use plate number 8, which he is entitled to, but he did not use which shows that he is not an abuser.)
鈥淎ng pagkakaalam ko yata nagmamadali siya. Yung driver niya yata ang pumasok doon sa bus stop. At pinagalitan ko siya, pinagsabihan ko, pinagalitan ko,鈥� he emphasized.
(What I know is he鈥檚 in a rush. I think it鈥檚 his driver who decided to use the bus stop. I scolded him, I reprimanded him.)
According to the senator, who chairs the Senate panel on public services, his son apologized to him for the incident, adding that he also instructed the congressman to apologize to everyone else.