Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte admitted that some of the displaced ABS-CBN workers are working in her office after the Network failed to obtain a franchise renewal.
On February 9, during the oath-taking ceremonies of the new set of officers and board directors of the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), Belmonte shared how her office hired former ABS-CBN employees.
“Yes, there are several that came. They’re very capable, very competent people.
“They were displaced, and, I think, displaced rather unfairly and unceremoniously. And the loss of… well, their loss was our gain sa Quezon City government. Kaya na-revitalize din ang ating communications department.
“At gumanda ang ating pagdi-disseminate ng impormasyon sa ating mga mamamayan, and I attribute that to the talent and skills of the men and women from ABS-CBN that we absorbed in the Quezon City government,” Belmonte said.
Belmonte also has a message for her bashers, saying the bashing helped her improve as a leader.
“So, yung mga pag-bash sa akin, actually, kahit nakakainis siya, nakakasakit ng damdamin, ang interpretation ko doon ay may pagkukulang pa ako bilang isang leader.
“Kaya kailangan ko pang paghusayan ang aking trabaho para ma-overcome natin yung ganung criticisms at gumanda naman ang puna ng mga tao tungkol sa akin.
“So, actually, wala naman akong sama ng loob doon sa mga basher. Nakatulong actually sila sa akin,” she said.
Party-list Representative for ANAKALUSUGAN and Congressman Mike Defensor, Belmonte’s opponent in the mayoral race, is not in favor of ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal.
