'I cannot serve a fascist government': Jerry Gracio resigns from Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

MANILA, Philippines – For the 3rd time since President Rodrigo Duterte was sworn into power, multi-awarded poet and screenwriter Jerry Gracio resigned from his current post as Commissioner for Samar-Leyte Languages at the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino.

Gracio, a senior writer of the embattled ABS-CBN, submitted the resignation letter on July 11 and made it public on Monday, July 13. He tendered his resignation to Duterte through the commission's office-in-charge,"I cannot anymore serve a fascist government, even on a holdover capacity," said Gracio, in a tweet to accompany his resignation letter.

Gracio has resigned from the post twice before – when Duterte won the 2016 elections and again on January 10, 2020."," he said. I cannot anymore serve a fascist government, even on a holdover capacity. pic.twitter.com/9vNLRnoY2T — Jerry B.

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