Mayor blasts ‘lewd acts’ in Dinagsa fest

BACOLOD City – “We are not tolerating indecency and lewd acts.”

Displeased mayor Salvador “Bading” Escalante of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental made this statement in light of a viral video of two minors committing “lewd acts,” along with at least 10 individuals spotted holding placards with indecent slogans and message.

“In behalf of Cadiz City, I am apologizing to the public for what happened. It is lessons learned that will not be repeated next year,” Escalante said, claiming the pair involved in the obscene act were not city residents and blamed it on a security failure.

“There was a failure in the event security that gave way to such immoral acts,” Escalante said.

He confirmed that the two minors were put under custody by the police for more than one hour.

The minors were later released, he said.

Escalante said he wrote letters to the parents of the two minors asking them to meet him at his office to talk about the matter. 

“I also saw some persons carrying those placards and I asked them to throw those away so others will not see it,” he added.

They were probably under the influenced of alcohol and wanted to get attention, he pointed out.

He said the city’s Dinagsa Festival was given a ‘negative color’ by just about 10 persons of the more than 400,000 who attended the event.

Meanwhile, the mayor said the Dinagsa Festival was ‘successful and peaceful’.

There was no untoward incident that was reported, Escalante said.

Aside from local guests, Cadiz had foreign tourist’s enjoying the face painting on the street, he added.

He said Cadiznons went out on the streets to enjoy the event that paid homage to Sto. Niño.

Also attending the event were Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Commissioner Rowena Guanzon of the Commission on Election, who was a former mayor of Cadiz also./PN

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