Solon to file resolution vs. airport officials after Raymart-Tulfo brawl

A party-list lawmaker on Monday said he will file a resolution condemning the way security officials from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 handled the brawl between columnist Ramon Tulfo and actor Raymart Santiago.   AGHAM party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones said he will particularly point out in his resolution the lack of sufficient closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the airport and the inadequate security forces in the area that could have prevented the scuffle.   “We have to focus on what triggered the commotion and the way it was handled by the security personnel of the airport… We have to condemn how it was managed by airport security,” he told reporters in a briefing on Monday.   Although his resolution will focus on airport security, Palmones advised both Tulfo and Santiago to “exercise restraint” in public.   “Hindi naman siguro ginusto ng sinuman doon na magkaroon ng ganitong insidente, pero dahil nga sa kawalan ng restraint o pagpipigil kaya humantong sa ganitong sitwasyon,” he said.   Santiago and his companions allegedly ganged up on Tulfo at the airport on Sunday after the columnist reportedly took pictures of the actor’s wife, Claudine Barretto, scolding ground personnel due to a problem with her luggage.   Tulfo on Monday filed a complaint against Santiago, Barretto and their companions for grave coercion and physical injuries.   Santiago, for his part, said he also intends to file the same charges against the columnist.   Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone, chairperson of the House committee on public information, however, described the alleged assault on Tulfo as a “direct attack on media.”   “It is the inherent right of media and a basic instinct to gather and documents facts and events. Mon's action to take photos on the commotion at the airport was his right as a media man,” the lawmaker said in a separate statement.   Evardone added that Santiago and Barretto “had no right” to stop Tulfo from taking pictures, or to ask him to the delete the photos he took from the incident. —VS, GMA News