Netizens Bash Pasig Candidate for Congressman over Joke about Women Solo Parents
Pasig candidate for congressman Atty. Christian Sia defended his women solo parents joke saying that “joke will remain as joke”.
Amid the fast approaching May 2025 Elections, caucus meetings, campaign rallies, and other campaign events are happening left and right. Candidates for the different elections introduce themselves to the people and lay down their platforms and promises in case they win the upcoming election.
There are also caucus meetings where the election candidates entertained the audience through singing and dancing. There are also those who spoke to the crowd with jokes. However, in Pasig, a candidate for congressman was criticized for his joke on women solo parents.
According to Pasig congressional candidate Atty. Christian Sia, women solo parents who still have their monthly period and are lonely may sleep with him once a year. Later on, after the crowd laughed at his joke, the lawyer clarified that it is only a joke as he is married.
However, the solo parent joke of the Pasig candidate did not sit well with many people online. He earned countless bashing and criticisms. Many people stressed that being a solo parent should not be a subject of a joke as it will be insult to people who tirelessly raise their children on their own.
Some netizens stressed that Atty. Sia could have allegedly acted better considering his profession as a lawyer. There are also demands for public apology to solo parents.
Recently, Atty. Christian Sia broke his silence and defended his behavior. Based on a post on the official Facebook page of Daily Tribune, the Pasig candidate for congressman spoke to the crowd at a campaign rally in his city saying he is in politics for 15 years now and he was never tagged as proud and rude not until recently because of his joke.
He asked the crowd if there was ever a time when he was personally rude to them. According to him, on social media, he is currently the rudest tagging himself as a “five star general” when it comes to it.
“So sana po, sa mga kapwa ko Pasigueño, ang biro ay manatiling biro… At ang seryosong bagay huwag mong haluan ng biro. Kaya lang naman po ako nagalit, at aaminin ko nagalit ako kasi ‘yun ang ginawa kay Ate Sara sa harapan po namin, never po akong nagpakita ng kawalan ng pagiging maginoo,” he said based on the post.
Atty. Ian Sia asked his fellow Pasigueños not to drive away the election issue. The Pasig candidate stressed that the election is not about him but about the future of the Pasigueños.