Bagani nina Liza at Enrique inireklamo ng CHED

KASABAY ng pagpapalabas ng bagong fantaserye ng ABS-CBN na Bagani ang paglabas ng reklamo ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Nagpadala si CHED Commissioner Ronald Adamat ng formal letter kay ABS-CBN president Carlo Katigbak para iparating ang kanilang hinaing sa pagpapalabas ng nasabing serye.

Sa kanyang Facebook, in-explain niya ang kanilang naging aksyon: “I demanded for clarification on the historical and cultural bases of the same as it appears violative of the real meaning of BAGANI based on Indigenous Peoples perspective. It is noteworthy to state that BAGANI is an IP term and should not be used in a teleserye that is devoid of its true meaning and substance. We can not allow culturally insensitive movies and television series…”

“Part of the letter goes: ‘It is not enough for writers and producers of movies and teleseryes to come up with concepts, titles, and characters that would sell nd create blockbusters yet carry with them half-truths and lies that destroy and negate the real essence of an IP terminology, as in the case of Bagani, and instead bring injustice to the 14 million Filipino IPs.

“What is the historical and cultural bases of such if not of the IP’s meaning of it? Being an Indigenous Person, I reiterate my demand for an urgen tclarification and explanation as to how and why the IP word ‘Bagani,’ endemic only to the Indigenous Peoples, ended up on the storyboards of ABS-CBN.

“Further, as CHED Commissioner, I cannot tolerate the public showing of the said teleserye as long as ABS-CBN would not revise the format and concept in order to render ‘Bagani’ to become as educational as it can be, and make the same as historically-accurate and culturally-correct presentation of what the real ‘Bagani’ is from an IP perspective.”

Hintayin natin ang magiging sagot ng ABS-CBN.