Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. recently announced that he tested positive for COVID-19. A few days after, his wife Mayor Lani Mercado said that the Revilla was brought to the hospital after developing pneumonia.
On Tuesday, Revilla went live on Facebook and asks people to pray for his recovery. In the said video, the Senator appeared to be suffering because of the virus.
This appeal for prayers by the Senator has drawn various reactions from netizens.
Some netizens sympathized with the Senator, praying for his recovery. Others even said that it is inhumane to wish a person to die amid all of his bad actions.
Prayers for healing, Senator Bong! Lalo na't kaaalis lang ni Revilla Sr. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Karmahin sana yung tumatawa pa sa loob-loob nila 😑😑😑 https://t.co/xtMVm1pDJm
— 🍊 #PrinciplesMatter (@aesyeo_) August 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/iamjustadummy/status/1295861881043857410?s=20
sumeseryoso na nga. even if I joke about it, lol and i admit it, pero I'd like to pray for Bong's healing. in God's name we declare healing for bong revilla. maiba naman. kaysa puro shade nakukha nya 😀
— Dan Arciaga-Labayo (@danlabayophoto) August 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/melindific/status/1295678245812097025?s=20
https://twitter.com/SmoothBlendsz/status/1295740759463743493?s=20
Grabe ibang netizens kay Senator Bong Revilla. May ninakaw man siya o wala, we should still pray for him.
— Drogs ® 🇵🇭 (@Drogoluvsbubwit) August 18, 2020
However, some people also believe that Revilla ‘deserves’ to suffer and that is not enough punishment for stealing hundreds of millions of pesos.
Oh so Bong Revilla is walking around the hospital taking videos whilst being admitted because of Covid-19? This bitch be sharing the virus but not the money he stole.
He deserves all the sickness in thsi world.
— Jericho Rayel Timbol (@jerichorayel) August 19, 2020
Honestly, I don't want Bong Revilla nor Banat By to die from Covid. I want to see Bong Revilla return the money he stole and Banat By behind bars for spreading fake news and slanderous remarks against the opposition. Death is not the justice we seek- it's accountability!
— d (@daveisnotdave) August 18, 2020
Oops. What goes around comes back around. "We lift him up to you" hala sana true 🤣 ambot sainyo, sana magreflect kayo sa ginagawa niyo sa pinas 🤣 https://t.co/LJlQU7RLvZ
— markchrc (@okaykabaTIAN) August 20, 2020
Pakidasal na lang po sa 124M ninyo chz. https://t.co/awVCeJTMSv
— John Sherwynn Chan (@JohnSherwynn) August 20, 2020
i know most of u want to take the high road and not celebrate what happened to bong revilla and banat by
not me
i remember all the money bong revilla stole and all the disinformation campaign banat by led
they harmed a lot of my countrymen and i’m just celebrating their karma
— ْ (@kaypatricktayo) August 18, 2020
I'm sure Bong Revilla and wife Lani can find comfort in the P224M loot he denied to have plundered.
He surely won't get a lot of sympathies from me… or from a lot of Filipinos who are struggling to get by!
Today is particularly a positive day, I noticed. 🙄
— Markus Villa (@markusforleni) August 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/laurosugar/status/1295767011973242881?s=20
the audacity of bong revilla to ask us to pray for him. NO FUCKER I'LL ONLY PRAY NA SANA IBALIK MO NINAKAW MO HAYOP
— ً (@kyung_wwin) August 18, 2020
“Father God please help my husband,” ayon sa post ni Mercado sa Facebook. “He is being rushed to the hospital.”
Before seeking God's help, undo what your husband did and return the money! 🤬🤬🤬
Read more: https://t.co/D7WX1EQAa3 https://t.co/PvR9EAElbR
— Uncle Doc (@PuNietoKa) August 18, 2020
Gusto nyo rin po bang ipag-pray namin kayo tulad ng appeal ni Bong Revilla? Sige po at magprayer chain po kami…Prayer for the "Corrupts and Badass in the Government"
— manong edwin (@ManongEdwin) August 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/Amzaaaaaaaaaaa/status/1296022514489933827?s=20
Meanwhile, Mayor Lani Mercado posted her prayer for her husband through a Facebook post.
“Father God pls help my husband. He is being rushed to the hospital. His latest X-ray shows that he has developed pneumonia and isolation in a regular facility is no longer ideal. Hospital care is badly needed. Father, we lift him up to you,” Mayor Lani wrote.
