The
Philippine National Police is feeling insulted after they found out that there
are photos spreading on social media about the diaper patrol. The photos was
uploaded by a Facebook user named Tony Ahn who almost peed to his pants when he
laughed about the photos that he had shot. They were positioned in Papal route
along Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.. Despite of their efforts to secure Pope
Francis, there are some individuals wanted to destroy their image through
mockery. The PNP said, they are very sure that they don’t have any order to
their members to wear such kind of funny uniform.
At first, the netizens thought that the men in photos are real police because
they are wearing PNP’s uniform. Until they found out that was a social
experiment conducted by Project Awesome spearheaded by Paul Agabin. The
organizers explained that their intention is to make an awareness that we have
lack of portalets during the Pope’s visit in our country and they don’t have an
intention to mock the PNP.
But some of the netizens are not happy to the explanation of the organizers of that
social experiment. It was very wrong timing; they conducted in during to the
Pope’s visit which was a sacred event for the Catholic people. It was not only
insulting the PNP, but also to the people who attended in Luneta.
Before the Pope’s visit in the Philippines, MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino
already suggested to the PNP that their men should wear a diaper. So, they
would not leave their post if the nature will call them. But many people were
against to that idea of Tolentino. Maybe this was the inspiration of the people
who made the social experiment. They claimed that their experiment became
succesful although the PNP and the netizens criticized them.