Image from Kicker Daily/Vivian Velez Facebook page - Vivian Velez doesn’t believe Freddie Aguilar is qualified to become the head of NCCA
- She said the NCCA can’t be run by just anybody deemed by the office of the President
- She said Ka Freddie lacks the experiential background and management skills
Known for being vocal in voicing out her opinion, actress Vivian Velez reacted to Freddie Aguilar’s revelation that he had accepted President Duterte’s offer to become the head of the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCAA).
Image capture of Vivian Velez’s post via Facebook page
On her Facebook page, Velez, a known Duterte supporter, questioned veteran singer-songwriter’s qualifications to become the new NCCA chief because it’s such a delicate position and shouldn’t be put under the leadership of just anybody deemed by the office of the President.
She wrote: “We do not wait. We need to vocalize immediately the artists’ ideology that it cannot be ran by just anybody deemed by the office of the President. It’s a delicate position that entails higher educational background about the arts and particularly high management skilled individual. It’s an agency that gives grants to artists! Develop cultural enlightenment and preserve heritage. Ano ang meron kay Freddie Aguilar para maqualify siya sa posisyon na yan? [What does Freddie Aguilar have in order to be qualified for that position?] While admittedly President Duterte has a soft spot for Freddie, I am afraid the move would be ill advised considering that Freddie lacks the experiential background and management skills for such a position… Just an honest opinion!”
A few days ago, Ka Freddie disclosed that he requested President Duterte to create a department of culture and the arts, but he was asked by the latter to head the NCCA instead until his requested department is created.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News’ Mario Dumaual, Ka Freddie disclosed that the president’s assistant, Bong Go, asked him as instructed by President Duterte: “Sir Freddie, hangga’t wala pa po iyong department of culture and the arts na hinihingi po ninyo sa presidente ay puwede po bang kayo po muna ang mamahala sa NCCA?”
[Sir Freddie, until the department of culture and the arts that you requested is created, the president is asking if you can lead the NCCA?]
Without hesitation, Ka Freddie reportedly accepted the offer and said: “Sabi ko, ‘Sige, kung iyon ang ia-assign sa akin ng presidente, gagawin ko iyon muna.”
[Okay. If that’s what the president wants to assign to me, I’ll do it.]
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