For Senator Raffy Tulfo, Barangay Captain Jimmy Patal did not do his job correctly.
“Kasi kung ginawa mo ‘yung trabaho mo nang tama, hindi na sana lumalala pa ‘yung sitwasyon ni Ma’am Elvie. Kaya siya lumala nang lumala dahil naging pabaya ka,” Tulfo said.
“Kung ako… sampahan ka dapat ng kaso, dereliction of duty,” he added.
Patal, meanwhile, denied neglecting to help Vergara. He said he had ordered a female barangay tanod to clean Vergara up but that her employer had arrived mere minutes after she did.
“Basta po siya madungis po. Akala ko ay naligaw na taong grasa. So ‘yun po ang utos ko sa tanod ko ay linisan si Nanay Elvie. Tapos hindi pa po siya, sinasabi ko pa pong ganoon, dumating na po ‘yung amo niya na si Mr. Ruiz,” he said.
Patal also denied calling her employer, saying the latter told him that he had been following her.
“Hindi pa nga po siya nakakapagsalita, dumating na po ‘yung kanyang amo at sinabi po niya sinusundan niya at nakaalis po sa kanyang tindahan,” he said.
Watch full playlist on YouTube here Manang Elvie Story: Ganti ng Kasambahay. Motu Proprio inquiry into the severe battery and maltreatment by employers of kasambahay Manang Elvie Vergara resulting to her blindness and other injuries.