Actor-turned-politician Richard Gomez drew the ire of netizens on Thursday because of a Facebook post while experiencing the EDSA traffic.
The Leyte 4th District congressman was caught in traffic while on his way from Makati to Quezon City.
“2 hours in EDSA traffic and counting,” Richard Gomez wrote in the post.
“From Makati, Ayala nasa SM Edsa pa lang ako up to now.
“Eh QC ang punta ko.
“1 or 2 hours pa ba?!”
He then proceeded to suggest that the bus lane should be opened to private vehicles during times of heavy traffic since there were only few buses using it.
“Ilang bus lang ang gumagamit ng bus lane, bakit hindi buksan during heavy traffic para mas lumuwag ang traffic?”
There were a lot of below-the-belt comments about this post on social media.
The most sensible I read was that instead of whining, Richard Gomez should just think of solutions regarding the heavy traffic that EDSA is famous for.