Atty. Christian Sia, Pasig Election Candidate for Congressman, Bashed over “Single Mom” Joke
Pasig election candidate Atty. Christian Sia accused Mayor Vico Sotto and his allies over his “single mom” joke catching the spotlight.
Recently, the social media platforms were taken by storm by the videos showing a politician in an election caucus meeting throwing a joke on women single parents. The said politician was identified as Atty. Christian “Ian” Sia. He earned bashing from the netizens.
Atty. Christian Sia is a Pasig candidate for congressman who joked that women solo parents who still have their period and feel lonely may sleep with him once a year. According to him, they just have to get their names listed. He later on clarified that it is only a joke as he is married.
The said joke of the Pasig election candidate drew laughter from the crowd. However, online, it drew negative criticisms and bashing. There are netizens who reacted saying that his joke was an insult to countless single moms who toil hard to raise their children alone.
Many netizens also lambasted Sia’s being a lawyer regarding his line of statements at the caucus meeting. The lawyer-politician himself recognized that he’s being called “rude” on social media and even said he is a “five star general” online now when it comes to rudeness.
The Pasig candidate previously apologized over his solo parent joke. According to him, the people should not get mad at him but at the uploader of the video rather. He stressed that the reaction of the crowd which was laughing at his joke was not included in the said viral video that got him criticized for what he said.
Recently, based on a report on ABS-CBN News, Atty. Christian Sia accused Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto and his allies over his single mom joke catching the spotlight. According to the Pasig election candidate for congressman, his political opponents allegedly turned his joke into a national issue.
“Inililihis nila ang isyu dahil ayaw nilang sagutin ang aming hamon,” the lawyer-politician claimed in a press release given to the reporters during a media conference in Pasig City.
Based on the report, the Pasig election candidate claimed that Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto and his team have no answers towards the issues that he is throwing against the administration. He claimed there is allegedly a lack of healthcare facilities in Pasig and the Mayor allegedly has no infrastructure project during his term.
“Nakisakay naman agad sa isyu ang mga kaalyado ni Sotto at naglabas ng di-umano’y pagkondena sa biro ko pero hindi muna tinitingnan ang sariling ‘baho’ ng kanilang mga kasama sa slate,” Sia said.
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has yet to issue a statement on the accusation of Atty. Christian Sia. Previously, actress Angelu de Leon is one of those who called out the Pasig candidate over his single mom joke.