00:00 Tomorrow, the local government unit will issue a hatol
00:03 that will be held regarding the drone show error
00:06 in the closing ceremony of the 2023 National Games this weekend.
00:10 According to City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro,
00:13 they will be investigating the events
00:15 for a fair decision.
00:17 Talia's full details on Ulatik, Asuncion.
00:20 The drone tech Philippines may be released
00:23 on charges of hitting the Marikina City Local Government Unit
00:26 in the event of proving in a fact-finding investigation
00:30 that they have no criminal intent
00:31 in their drone show during the closing ceremony
00:34 of the 63rd National Games on Saturday
00:36 held at Marikina Sports Center.
00:38 According to Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro,
00:42 they will know tomorrow the results of the investigation
00:45 on where they will inspect the program of the drone tech Philippines.
00:49 The drone tech Philippines has been accused
00:51 of the wrong formation of the Philippine government
00:54 that they were allowed to appear in the drone show
00:57 where the red and blue are on top
01:00 which means the country is at war.
01:03 I was watching the drone exhibition.
01:07 I even announced that there will be a drone exhibition.
01:11 I was the one who counted down.
01:13 After the countdown, I was there.
01:15 I'm watching it.
01:17 While I was watching, I saw the display of flag was wrong,
01:21 inverted.
01:23 So, at the outset, I said
01:26 it has a violation of the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines
01:31 8491, Republic of 8491.
01:34 So, I immediately called the drone operator,
01:38 the drone supplier.
01:41 They were apologetic to be fair with them.
01:45 They were apologetic.
01:47 But I said, "We need a public apology
01:50 without prejudice to filing a case against them
01:55 or complaint against them."
01:57 Although many people asked for a request from Chodoro
02:01 to forgive the drone operator
02:03 because of the good program they showed
02:06 that the Mayor of Marikina City wanted it to be a lesson
02:09 especially for the young athletes who succeeded.
02:12 I can't overlook it because
02:17 what the students and students are seeing
02:20 is that they might think that it's okay to do that.
02:22 They might think that the display of the flag was right.
02:27 But we want to be compassionate and understand.
02:32 That's why we issued,
02:33 I ordered a fact-finding investigation
02:36 to determine the gravity of the offense.
02:39 And if there are mitigating circumstances,
02:42 maybe we could simply reprimand the drone company
02:47 with the commitment that it will not be repeated again.
02:52 Dronetech Philippines issued a public apology
02:55 and they are defending them
02:56 because of the bad weather.
02:58 That's why they were unable to test-flight
03:00 before the same day of the program.
03:02 It was an honest mistake.
03:06 I'm just confirming that they scheduled
03:10 a test-flight.
03:13 If they scheduled a test-flight
03:15 and it rained that day,
03:19 it really wouldn't have continued.
03:21 So it's not their fault if that happened.
03:24 The imprisonment of those under one year
03:29 is a P5,000 fine for the possible being a hotel for their company
03:32 because of the alleged incident.
03:34 Kea Sunshon for TV Sport.
