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Ibabalik na lamang ni Akbayan Rep. Tom Villarin ang Government Service Award na ibinigay sa kanya ng UST Alumni Association.

    Ito ay dahil hindi matanggap ni Villarin na binigyan din ng kaparehong parangal ng Alumni si Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson.     “I am returning the Thomasian in Government Service Award given to me last January 21 by the UST Alumni Association because I refuse to buy into their recent justification for awarding Mocha Uson that one only needed to be a graduate of our Alma Mater, and be part of government. If that were true, then all Thomasian civil servants should have also been given such an award,” ani Villarin.     Sinabi ni Villarin na hindi katanggap-tanggap na nabigyan si Uson ng naturang parangal.     “Uson is a purveyor of fake news, an unrepentant violator of ethical standards in journalism, and a free-flowing fountain of foul language and obscenity. Indeed, she has corrupted the values that Thomasians hold dear.”     Naniniwala ang solon na dapat ay bawiin ng Alumni ang parangal na ibinigay nito kay Uson.     “The UST Alumni Association, which has been there for a long time, should in a way withdraw that award given to Uson. Many of Thomasian graduates have already come out and rebuked what the Alumni Association did.”