Yan ang unang reaksyon ni Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Chairwoman Liza Dino sa pagsibak sa kanya bilang miyembro ng Executive Committee ng Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).
Sumagot agad ang asawa ni Ice Seguerra sa inilabas na official statement ni MMFF Over-all Chairperson Danilo Lim na nagsasabing tinanggal na siya bilang member ng Execom.
Sa official statement ng FDCP, sinabi nitong hindi dumaan sa proseso o tamang pag-uusap ang naging desisyon ng MMFF organizers na tsugihin si Liza sa grupo. Kaya naman feeling confused ang ang dating beauty queen-actress.
Nalaman lang daw nila ang tungkol dito sa Facebook post ni Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago.
Narito ang buong pahayag ng FDCP:
“On July 20, 2020, the Facebook page of MMDA Spokesperson Celine Pialago accused FDCP of lobbying to be in charge of MMFF and posted images of FDCP’s position paper submitted in 2017 to the Office of the Executive Secretary regarding MMFF.
“On July 21, 2020, FDCP sent a letter to MMDA requesting for clarifications on the MMDA Spokesperson’s post.
“In the letter, FDCP explained that (a) the document was a 2017 position paper of FDCP which was forwarded to the MMFF for comments and position, (b) in a meeting in October 2017, the MMFF Executive Committee discussed the document as one of the agenda, and (c) since then up to this date, no further actions were made by any of the parties on the matter.
“In fact, FDCP accepted subsequent invitations to be part of the Executive Committee after 2017 in support of the Philippine Film Industry.
“On July 23, 2020, FDCP received a letter from MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim informing FDCP Chairperson Liza Dino of her removal from the MMFF Executive Committee.
“As this was the first official communication that was received from the Chairman about this matter, FDCP has reached out to MMDA for further clarification on their statements reflected in their letter.
“As far as FDCP is concerned, in the last meetings conducted by the MMFF Executive Committee which FDCP attended and even with the FDCP Board of Trustees where MMDA is also a permanent member, none of the issues raised in the letter have been officially taken up. Hence, the confusion of the Agency.
“FDCP will be releasing a more detailed statement after a meeting with MMDA.”