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Senator Drilon Protests Choice Of PH Athletes’ Parade Uniforms For 2019 SEA Games

Libiran’s design, left; Drilon’s proposed design, right

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Opposition Senator Franklin Drilon is not done criticizing what he is calling excessive expenses for the Philippines’ hosting of the 2019 South East Asian (SEA) Games.

Just days after taking to task the government’s P50 Million expense in building the international sport event’s cauldron,  Drilon is now criticizing the choice of design for the parade uniforms of the Filipino athletes taking part in the games.

The design was a brainchild of internationally-renowned Filipino artist Francis Libiran.

While admitting he has no information on how much Libiran was paid for his concept and the cost for the execution of the uniforms, the Senator told The Adobo Chronicles that volunteers within the Liberal Party were more than willing to come up with a design for free, while using materials and printers from supporters in Divisoria.

Drilon even presented a proposed design for the Filipino athletes’ official parade uniform (see photo).

Senator Drilon Will Light 2019 SEA Games Cauldron

CLARK CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Duterte Administration definitely knows how to silence its critics, namely Opposition Senator Franklin Drilon.

Drilon has been critical of the P50M cost of the cauldron that will be used when the Philippines hosts the 2019 South East Asian Games (SEA Games).

The SEA Games Committee has invited the good Senator to do the honors of lighting the cauldron during the Opening Ceremony.

It will be quite a spectacle:  Drilon will hang from a helicopter bearing a lighted torch and will set fire to the cauldron, marking the official opening of what is being touted as the best SEA Games ever.

The cost of the lighting ceremony? P100M.

But in accepting the invitation, Drilon said he will do the death-defying act pro bono.  “It’s for love of country,” he told The Adobo Chronicles.

Drilon has experiencing lighting cauldrons before, as seen in this photo with the late President Corazon Aquino,

 

Senator Franklin Drilon Proposes Cheap, Indigenous SEA Games Medals

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –  Opposition Senator Franklin Drilon is not stopping with his criticism of government expenses in connection with the Philippines’ hosting of the South East Asian Games.

Drilon had earlier criticized the P50 Million cauldron that has been built as part of the SEA Games ceremonies.

Today, the Senator unveiled his personal design for the SEA Games medals that will be awarded during the international sports events. He says the design is not only cheap but also represents a Philippine indigenous product — that of the world-famous woodcarving of spoon and fork which is a typical wall decor found in many traditional Filipino homes.

What a nationalisic Senator. And frugal.