In line with the current on-going protest of the religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) that partially affects the traffic flow in EDSA particularly from Shaw Boulevard to Ortigas Avenue in the northbound since last Friday until now, INC member and ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs TV and radio broadcaster Anthony Taberna files Leave of Absence (LOA) in all his programs in both TV and radio within the network.
In his Instagram account @iamtunying28, he said that being an active member of INC and with the on-going situation he decided to have a leave of absence with his morning show Umagang Kay Ganda and radio program Dos Por Dos. His Friday show Tapatan ni Tunying was not included in the shows that he mentioned. According to him he wanted to separate his religious side from his work as broadcaster that might affect both ways. He said that he it might cause conflict of interest, which he doesn’t want to happen. Below is the brief statement of Anthony or Ka Tunying:
“Mga kapamilya, napakalungkot po na nagpapaalam po muna ako sa programa namin na Dos por Dos at Umagang Kayganda dahil sa mga kaganapan po ngayon. Ako po bilang aktibong miyembro ng Iglesia ni Cristo ay nasa isang sitwasyon na hindi maaaring maging credible sa pagtalakay sa isyung may kinalaman dito. Mayroon po akong paniniwalang pangrelihiyon at mayroon din naman akong tungkulin bilang mamamahayag, bagay na hindi po maaaring pagsamahin ngayon dahil sa tinatawag na conflict of interest. Agad pong pinahintulutan ng pangasiwaan ng ABSCBN Integrated News and Current Affairs ang aking leave of absence mula ngayon hanggang sa humupa ang partikular na isyung may kinalaman ang INC. Maraming salamat po sa inyong pang-unawa sa aking napakahirap na kalagayan sa ngayon. Sa mga hindi naman hindi makakaunawa, nauunawaan ko po Kayo.”
Anthony is known with his hard-hitting opinions on political issues.
