MOTOVLOGGER Alyanna Mari Aguinaldo, also known online as Yanna Motovlog, skipped the show-cause hearing at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Quezon City on Tuesday, but submitted a letter apologizing to the agency and to truck driver Jimmy Pascua, who filed the complaint against her over a road rage incident in Zambales.
The letter was read aloud by Aguinaldo’s lawyer, Atty. Ace Jurado, during the proceedings.
“Ako po humihingi ng sinserong pagpapaumanhin dahil napagdesisyunan ko na po na hindi na sumagot at humarap nang personal sa show-cause order hearing,” Aguinaldo said in her letter.
“Ano man po ang maging desisyon patungkol sa aking maling nagawa ay lubos ko pong gagalangin at mapagkumbabang tatanggapin ang anumang kaparusahang maaaring ipataw sa akin ng inyong ahensya,” she added.
Aguinaldo also directly addressed Pascua and his family, saying: “Maliban po sa inyong ahensya, nais ko rin pong ipabatid sa pamamagitan ng sulat na ito ang lubos ko rin at paulit-ulit kong paghingi ng sorry sa tao at sa kanyang buong pamilya sa naidulot kong abala at kahihiyan. Nawa ay maghilom ang sugat na aking naidulot sa tamang panahon.”
She also apologized to the public: “At sa lahat ng iba pang tao na nadamay, nasaktan o nagkaroon ng masamang epekto sa kanilang buhay ang aking naging asal at kasalanan, patawad po.”
“Alam ko po na hindi sapat ang sorry. Ngayon ay hinaharap ko ang kinahinatnan ng aking nagawa,” she said, noting that she and her family have been on the receiving end of threats and online hate.
“Ito ang pinakamasakit na katotohanan at leksyon na hinaharap ko ngayon,” she said.
Aguinaldo added that she would air her side in the “proper forum” and vowed to do better, “starting from the home.”
Pascua, however, remained unconvinced.
“Hindi naman sincere ’yung sorry,” he said. “Tuloy na lang ang kaso.”