She may be months away from representing the country in the Miss International tilt but Binibining Pilipnas-International Mariel de Leon is already making use of her newfound fame as a platform for expressing her opinions. In fact, she has even found the need to defend her views following her string of posts against the appointment of singer Mocha Uson as assistant secretary to the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) on Monday.

As expected, pro- and anti-Duterte netizens had another battle on social media over the latest development in Uson’s ever controversial public life. But what was unusual was that none of the celebrities who are always vocal in criticizing the President posted anything about what happened.

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