Very recently, nag-issue ng statement ang Alyansa Ng Mga Filipinong Mamahayag kaugnay ng pagsuntok sa bibig ni Tikoy Aguiluz sa isang kasamahan sa panulat na si Danny Vibas.
AFIMA condemns the act at narito po ang kabuuan ng naturang statement.
Alyansa ng Filipinong Mamahayag (Afima) is demanding a public apology and payment for actual, moral and exemplary damages from move director Tikoy Aguiluz for punching entertainment writer Danny Vibas on the mouth.
To personally say “sorry” after the contumacious act is not enough because this also offended press freedom, a violation that gives the victim a separate cause of action under Article 34 of the Civil Code.
The act is contemptuous to all media practitioners for it is a manifestation of outrage against the exercise of the liberty of the press that should have been loftily respected as the Constitution requires.
Afima’s investigation showed that Aguiluz punched Vibas on the mouth over a five-year-old column article about the director.
If Aguiluz disagrees, Afima and Vibas will jointly sue him, campaign hard against the content of his character, and seek the director’s ouster from the movie industry.
Vibas is not only a member of Afima. He also belongs to National Press Club, an organization working closely with us in the propagation of press freedom and looking after the welfare of newsmen to make their lives a little bit better.
