Atienza deplores ejection of Del Pilar statue

BUHAY Partylist Representative Lito Atienza criticized the unceremonious removal of the statue of Filipino hero Marcelo H. Del Pilar from the Remedios Circle in Malate by the City Government of Manila without consulting the group Samahang Plaridel.

“I fully support the position of the Samahang Plaridel in condemning the removal of Del Pilar’s statue from Remedios Circle which we collaborated on during our time as Mayor. The City Government should have shown more respect for this monument and its historical significance as well as the association of veteran journalists whose project it was in the first place,” Atienza said during the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel.