There's an interesting story in several Filipino newspapers involving the president of the Philippines, Angry Birds, and the PSP this week. According to several Filipino newspapers, the president is being grilled about his gaming habits, which he vehemently denies. In fact, President Aquino finds the whole line of questioning insulting. President Aquino told the press at an event yesterday that he felt "insulted" when asked to comment on rumors that he was playing video games at the height of a hostage crisis in Manila last year.
"I'm sorry I'm also human… I'm insulted if I'm asked to disprove a non-event, and I think any of us in the same situation would feel the way I do when I have to prove something that did not happen," Aquino told members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap).
"If you do a little checking, there is no basis for such an allegation," Aquino added.
The full allegation is that the president was playing video games when eight citizens from Hong Kong and a kidnapper were gunned down during a botched rescue operation at Manila's Luneta Park on August 23 of last year.
"All you have to do is look at the calendar of activities that happened in Malacañang on that particular day. You can interview people like former director General Jesus Verzosa of the Philippine National Police and ask what time I called him up [then, during the 11-hour hostage-crisis]," said Aquino, describing how busy he was during that unfortunate day.
"You had a whole plethora of people subscribing to their oath of office that I was officiating. I think you will be able to get every minute of that day accounted for," Aquino said.
When asked again during the press briefing if he was is into video games, the President retorted: “I can’t even go home to Tarlac anymore and that is my main source of relaxation.”
He also brushed aside accusations that he spent a lot of time playing the PSP.
“I never played PSP,” he told GMA-7 anchor Arnold Clavio in an interview at the Presidential Guest House in Malacañang.
Source: Gulfnews
