So who was the VIP?

“While a comparison might be odious at this point, remember how Hitler waved the Nazi flag after the economic recession brought about by Germany’s defeat in the First World War?”

It’s been a week since that maliciously spread fake news about VP Inday Sara causing traffic stoppage in Commonwealth Avenue came up.

The OVP came out immediately with a statement denying the supposed incident, by flatly informing the public that she was in Davao City on that day.

The QCPD head promptly relieved the lowly policeman manning the traffic flow from his duties because he was misled by the video-taker into mouthing “VP for VIP.”

As the video became viral, the MMDA chair issued a statement “it is only normal to give courtesy for VIPs” when they passed our usually traffic-clogged streets.

But the damage was done, as the socmed manipulators came out with terrible memes condemning and ridiculing Inday Sara for her alleged sense of entitlement.

QC Mayor Joy Belmonte later called on the QCPD to reinstate MSG Verdo Pantollano, the patsy who was manipulated by the video scammer and the mastermind/s of the fake news spread, as she felt that an injustice was done to a lowly policeman “who was simply doing his job.”

Fair enough.

But neither MMDA nor QCPD has come out as of this writing to identify who the VIP for whom “due courtesies” were given, such that an entire span of Commonwealth Avenue had to be closed.

Neither have the fake news manipulators demanded for the identity of the “VIP” so they could be fair to the VP who they unjustly accused.

Following the necessary identification of the VIP by officials in charge of traffic control, the MMDA, the Metro Manila Mayors Council led by San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora, the DILG and the PNP should forthwith draft proper protocols on such entitlements given to VIPs.

They should review the violations made on a popular “no wang-wang” policy of former President Benigno S. Aquino III which had been thrashed since he left office.

Why for instance are senators and Cabinet officials escorted by motorcycle cops as they move throughout the metropolis, even if it is not SONA day?

Or the span of Roxas Boulevard fronting Rizal Park closed to traffic