Damaso, indeed
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| Armida Siguion-Reyna |
You all know about artist-tour guide Carlos Celdran, and how he held up a placard that read “Damaso” during Mass, literally screaming “Stop getting involved in politics!” right smack into the homily at the Manila Cathedral, a little over a week ago.
He was dressed like Rizal. If he wasn’t Rizal, he could only have been Rizal’s alter ego, Crisostomo Ibarra after his Noli Me Tangere nemesis, Damaso but no. Senior Police Officer II Ernesto Andres Jr. said Celdran was in a “Charlie Chaplin” costume. The cops didn’t know who Damaso was, so maybe that’s why they readily arrested Celdran. Naka-Chaplin costume nga naman, and there’s no room for a comedian on holy ground, di ba?
Seriously, Celdran was arrested, released only after posting a P6,000 bail, and now facing a lawsuit for supposedly violating Article 133 of the Revised Penal Code, “Offending the religious feelings. — The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon anyone who, in a place devoted to religious worship or during the celebration of any religious ceremony shall perform acts notoriously offensive to the feelings of the faithful.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101008com4.html
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