Shamcey Supsup-Lee. Picture: Fb/Architect Shamcey Supsup-Lee
Simply hours after her resolution to disengage from the “Kaya This” slate in Pasig Metropolis, magnificence queen-politician Shamcey Supsup-Lee stated she’s going to proceed her bid as councilor however solely as an unbiased candidate who will carry the torch of girls empowerment within the marketing campaign.
Chatting with INQUIRER.internet following her withdrawal from the celebration, Supsup her resolution to step again was an “act of defiance” as a way to get up for different girls who had been “usually underestimated or silenced.”
“My resolution to take an unbiased path wasn’t simple, nevertheless it was vital. I imagine that true service transcends celebration traces. It’s about standing with the individuals, not behind politics,” she stated.
“I provide transparency, compassion, and motion. I’ll not have the burden of a celebration behind me now, however I carry one thing stronger, your belief, your tales, and our shared goals for Pasig. Collectively, let’s show that management isn’t about who you stand with, however what you stand for,” she additional stated.
When requested for her message to girls who had been going through discrimination and oppression, she stated she hoped the individuals will take her transfer to resign from “Kaya This” as her imaginative and prescient to empower girls.
“Know this, you aren’t alone, and your voice issues. As a girl in an area the place we are sometimes underestimated or silenced, I’ve discovered that our power lies not simply in what we endure, however in how we rise,” she stated.
The Miss Universe 2011 third runner-up and in a while, former nationwide director of the Miss Universe Philippines group stated girls had been already ready of defiance in a system the place males make the principles. She stated her battle isn’t just about girls illustration, however to create a protected house for girls.
“Your existence is already an act of defiance towards a system that wasn’t constructed for us. And your braveness to maintain going, that’s energy. This battle isn’t nearly illustration, it’s about making a society the place no lady has to shrink herself to be accepted, or stay silent to be protected. Hold standing tall. I’ll stand with you,” she additional stated.
Supsup is operating for councilor within the first district of Pasig Metropolis. She beforehand joined the workforce of mayoral candidate Sarah Discaya, who’s operating towards incumbent Mayor Vico Sotto.
Her resolution to withdraw from the celebration stemmed from supposed “variations in values” following the lewd remarks made by her former party-mate Ian Sia throughout their marketing campaign kickoff final March 28, during which she stated girls, specifically solo mother and father, who’re nonetheless ovulating could sleep with him a minimum of as soon as a month
Defying her celebration’s line, Supsup chided Sia, who can be operating for a similar district as councilor, saying his remarks had been off-putting and tended to disrespect girls, particularly single moms, and that she doesn’t tolerate such “crude” remarks.
Sia has since apologized for his marketing campaign spiel, however solely after receiving public backlash from people and organizations, together with the Fee on Elections, which issued a present trigger order towards him. He additionally blamed his political rivals of creating his joke a nationwide concern.
Just a few days later, he once more made a controversial comment, this time addressing for supposedly body-shaming his feminine assistant.
Supsup stated she hoped the individuals will see “that integrity nonetheless issues, that conviction can exist with out compromise” as she treads her political path away from her former celebration.
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In her assertion earlier, she stated her withdrawal from “Kaya This” isn’t the top of a chapter, however the starting of a motion “grounded in hope, in fact, and within the unwavering perception that each citizen deserves a seat on the desk.”
