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CEBU EXPLAINER: Atty. Oaminal’s Kurakot Gang, Mabatid’s ‘ungo’ of City Hall: unfair, wicked charges if not true
CEBU. (Clockwise) Cebu City Councilor Prisca Nina Mabatid, Atty. Clarence Paul Oaminal, and the Cebu City Hall. (File photos/ Clarence Paul Oaminal s Facebook page)
+ February 24, 2021 FIRST, there was Cebu City Councilor Prisca Nina Mabatid who in a Facebook post of February 6 and later interviews with media accused an unelected and un-appointed person of “dictating” councilors and other officials at City Hall.
Mabatid said an “ungo” or witch was actually running affairs in the city government, deciding on purchases of anti-Covid supplies and hiring and firing of employees. The figurative use of witchery suggested the councilor’s impression that the alleged villain looks like a witch and probably exhibits as much greed on his prey.