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Editor: Wttorio V. Vitug .

Wednesday, )uly 17' 2019 tr


Probe'disappearance' of priceless

mural at Manila Cit11 Hall-Atienza


source of pride and insPiration for
BY JovEE MARIE N. DELA CRUZ
tionintheOfficeof theMayor' During
as mayol, dveryvisitor,
every Manileio and everYone who
{
gloveematie our nine Years
always marveled visited City HalI then.
Ir{anilanor foreign'
at the grandeur ofthis Price- "This is exactlY the PurPose of
flORMER Manila MaYor and less artwork," Atienza said' Mavor Villeqas who aPProPriated
k now BuhaY ReP. I.ito Atienza "That Painting belongs publi. fund" the
L has filed a resolution calling "nd.ommissioned
for an immediate investigation into
to Manila and should be oaintine. No one has the right to
re-installed in CitY Hall.
the disaPPearance of the Botong ioan or I'end it to anybody ltmust be
We will push for [a] con-
Francisco muralf rom the Btrlwagang returned to its original place ilr the
sressional inquiry to Pin-
Antonio J. Villegas at the Manila Bulwaeanin deference to the maYor
Citv Hall. ioint responsibilitYforthis vi-
injustice to the PeoPle of who, iihis patriotic and cultural
ircordins to Atienza, the mural, said'
which had blen declared a National Manila. And if necessary sion, had it made," he

Cultural Treasure in 1996, has been


charges should be filed
against those who h-ave
hailed by art exPerts as Botong's tt
lastmasterpiece and greatestextant
been remiss in their dutY
to safeguardthe interest of
FAG- -Ag'l
work of art.
"When t attended the inaugu- Manilins," Atienza added'
The mural dePicts the
ral ceremonies of newlY elected \ '
Mavor Isko Moreno a few weeks history of Manila an&its
I that instead of the imDortant role in our na-
"go, ""v./
Botonq masterPiece. what was ti#s history and develoP-
instalGd in the Bulwagan is.a ment, he added.
"We have filed a resolu-
poor tarPaulin rePlica! This is
tion callingfor an immedi-
not only illegal. but it is a big slap
to Manilans who are asking the ate conglessional inquiry
ouestion-where is our master- into the whereabouts of
iiece?" the lawmaker said' the masterPiece bY Nation-
"Tt disapPeared from the Bulwa- al Artist Carlos 'Botong
qan t2 years ago and until now has Francisco. This Priceless
int treen returned," he added' obra maestra, eotltled FiIi-
pino Struggles through His-
The lawmaker saidit behooves
all administrations of the citY to tolY, was commissioned
protect its existence, saYing the by then-MaYor Villegas in
1968," he said.
priceless artwork maY now be
worth billions of Pesos' Atienza added the mu-
"This used to be the maior attrac- ral has alwaYs been a

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