Senator Cynthia Villar said she was mulling charges against the unidentified person who took a video of her lashing out at security guards at a subdivision in Las Piñas City.
In the video, Villar was seen ordering the men to remove the barricades blocking an easement in the subdivision. When the guards refused to do so, the senator got heated and allegedly called one of them gay, as a supervisor pleaded with the senator to stop her tirades against the guard.
“Why? Am I capable of hurting him? What is he, gay?” She was heard saying in the video.
Yet the senator insists that she did not have an outburst, and found the video to be done in malice. “They’re just inventing that. There’s no outburst. I was just telling them to remove the gate because it’s for public use. It’s not for me. I don’t need that.”
Villar defended herself, saying that she was requesting the guards to remove the barricade blocking the composting facility inside the subdivision.
She also defended her alleged use of the word gay. “There’s something wrong with him. He’s a security guard. He has a gun in his holster. What will I say? Will I be able to hurt him? That’s so brave of me. He’s so huge and I’m so little,” Villar said.
The senator claimed the incident may have been planned by leaders of the BF Resort Village homeowners’ association, who reportedly refused to follow a Las Piñas ordinance allowing motorists with “friendship stickers” to pass through the community and avoid heavy traffic.
Despite the stickers being issued for free, Villar claimed the association was selling stickers at PHP2,500 (US$44.89) each — but was given a restraining order.
“Maybe they got angry at me because that will bring down their income because they’re charging P2,500 per sticker while the Friendship Sticker is free for Las Piñas residents,” she speculated.
Villar’s sister-in-law is the mayor of Las Piñas City, while her daughter, Camille, represents the city in the House of Representatives.
