MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Federation of the Deaf filed a complaint against Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary and a blogger before the Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday over a video deemed disrespectful of the deaf community. PFD said Uson and Olivar “[made] fun” and “[killed] the dignity” of the deaf community. The video posted on Uson’s Facebook, since deleted, featured Olivar mimicking sign language and making sounds in an apparent imitation of hearing- and speech-impaired people. Uson and Olivar have issued online apologies over the video. The duo earlier drew flak or the “pepederalismo” video, which critics and even allies of the president said maligned the cause of federalism.

Source: Philippine Star September 20, 2018 02:26 UTC