Jonvic Remulla denies using SUV with protocol plate along Ayala Ave
MANILA, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla denied using a sports utility vehicle (SUV) with plate number 6 along Ayala Avenue in Makati City.
The claim came from a social media page, alleging Remulla was aboard a black Mercedes-Benz which supposedly used a siren (wangwang) to quickly cut through traffic. The post amassed at least 11,000 reactions, 2,300 comments and 500 shares as of this writing.
However, in a press briefing in Quezon City on Tuesday, Remulla stressed, “Promise to God, I don’t have a black Mercedes car, so that’s fake.”
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“My car is a Sequoia and an Escalade. Those are the only ones registered. But, a black Benz? I don’t have one. That’s fake,” he maintained, speaking in Filipino.
Remulla, however, admitted to sparingly using a siren for official travel.
“It is sometimes necessary. There are duties when we are rushing, but that is few and far in between,” he explained. /jpv
