Bacolod bound Flight Delayed for Few Minutes as Jim Paredes Refuses to Sit Beside a Japanese Wearing Duterte Shirt

 

Bacolod-bound Flight Delayed for Few Minutes as Jim Paredes Refuses to Sit Beside a Japanese Wearing Duterte Shirt

Passengers of 5J 546 Cebu Pacific flight bound to Bacolod-Silay International Airport, blasted activist singer Jim Paredes for causing a scene inside a plane that resulted to a 10-minute take-off delay.

At about 10:30 AM on Wednesday, the captain of 5J 546 failed to take his plane off on schedule after crew reported that a passenger cannot find a seat.

The crew assisted the man to his assigned seat, but the passenger refused to take the said sit because “he find uncomfortable sitting beside a person who wears a Duterte shirt”.

The said passenger was identified by fellow passengers as singer activist Jim Paredes – a staunch Duterte critic.

Another passenger narrated that Paredes earlier sat on his assigned sit, but few minutes later, he stood-up and searched for another vacant sit but failed. The passenger said that a Japanese man wearing a white T-shirt printed with President Duterte’s face even greeted him when he sat down.

“The plane was about to move when crew noticed him standing at the center of the alley. The crew radioed the pilot and he was assisted to find one. There was a little argument between him and the female crew, but after several minutes, he was assigned a folding sit near the door”, the passenger said.

The passenger added that the Japanese man had no idea what was going on, and even asked her what happened, but he told the Japanese to just relax and wait.

The crew who assisted Paredes said that the singer strongly refused to sit beside the Japanese.

“Akala ko po talaga nong una kung may problema siya sa hapon. Kung mabaho, or what. Wala naman akong nakitang problem. Mejo uminit na rin po ang ulo ko kaya tinanong ko siya kung ano ba talaga ang problema.

Ayon, sinabi niya na ayaw niya daw po dahil nakasuot ito ng Duterte T-Shirt. Hindi ko naman po alam na anti-Duterte pala siya kaya hinanapan na lang namin ng paraan para maka-upo siya at makaalis na kami dahil umiinit na rin ang po ulo ng ibang pasahero”, the crew told airport security at Silay City upon arrival.

The crew added that she didn’t even know who Jim Paredes is until her fellow crew told her.

Paredes caught media attention when he was involved in an altercation with Duterte supporters during the EDSA anniversary rally.