Vice mayor’s daughter defends father
PALO, Leyte – A daughter of City Vice Mayor Arvin Antoni claimed that her father was simply “too good” to be accused as a gun-toting person who even his own wife could be his possible victim.
And as she defended her father, Kaye Dominique, 18, point to politics as the reason why even on what she called a “family problem” has become a media subject.
“Please spare our father, our family. And no matter what, I will always be with my (father),” the Nursing student in an emotional outburst said in a press conference Sunday afternoon.
The daughter of Antoni claimed that she herself called for a press conference to defend her father who was accused no less than by his wife to have poked a gun at her during a heated argument and carrying an affair with other women.
Antoni, who is seeking for a reelection in this year’s elections, “fetched” his daughter as the press conference was about end. He will soon call a press conference to air his side, the vice mayor said, adding that his lawyer advised him not to issue any statement on the issue at hand for now.
Antoni is being accused by his wife of poking a gun at her in one of their heated arguments, hurt her physically and psychologically for several times and carrying illicit affairs with other women during their marriage.
She sought for the temporary protection order as provided for under Republic Act 9662 which gives protection to women and children against commission of violence before the courts which could prohibit her husband go near with her and stop any further harassment against her.
The wife is also seeking for the custody of their two young children.
But the couple’s eldest sibling, said that she was surprised that the “family problem” has been played by the media as she vigorously defender her father.
“Papa is a good father to us all his children. He is always there for us. I will never leave him,” Kaye Dominique said.
“It pains me so much that we are facing this kind of problem. This is just a family problem; no family is perfect,” she added.
She admitted that her parents were no longer in good terms and in fact been separated since 2004.
The young Antoni, who is studying in a Nursing school in Cebu City, also admitted that she is not in speaking terms with her mother and her two siblings. And whenever she returns to Tacloban, she stays with her father.
Asked how she will describe her mother, the young Antoni did not comment.
She accuses the political rivals of her father why their problem has been exposed to media and why her mother filed a petition before the courts.
Last Friday night, the Leyte Samar Daily Express chanced upon Antoni’s wife at a concert venue for possible statements from her but she politely turned the request down.
But based on her nine page- petition she filed last Feb.16, she accused her husband of poking a gun at her, and for physical and emotional violence on her.
The vice mayor is also being accused of “intentionally” of not paying the amortization before the Pag-Ibig which resulted for the foreclosure of the house. (JOEY A. GABIETA)
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