LOOK: Politician allegedly takes credit for McDonald’s “Breakfast Day” promo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Fast food giant McDonald’s has issued a warning against people grabbing credit for their “National Breakfast Day” promo. Apparently, a political candidate from Marikina City has allegedly taken advantage of the promo.<br /><br />On Thursday, March 11, McDonald’s issued an advisory on its social media pages along with a photo of a certain Ferdie Marco, who is a candidate for councilor in the first district of Marikina City.<br /><br />“This is to inform the public that National Breakfast Day is a promotion solely organized by McDonald’s Philippines and is not sponsored by any other organization or individual. Please be advised,” the advisory reads.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Please be advised <a href="https://t.co/jc3h75EbSB" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/jc3h75EbSB</a></div>— McDo Philippines (@McDo_PH) <a href="https://twitter.com/McDo_PH/status/707806313737277440" rel="nofollow">March 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="“utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />It turns out, a promotional poster featuring McDonald’s promo and Marco’s face was shared on the political aspirant’s Facebook page.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLNbT6BUw1uxgctLhUr0kVjbh_59t5fTZZu5bjv8UDQcAb_7by6abJYYzhuskZescRQRujGpMvEJd4NJlBuwyDupRKuYK_pUvbCskYrKLVa3eQXtaGDV4CF5Pci1hXiKwdqUEa9cX4AGn/s1600/macdo-breakfast-day-ferdie-marco.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Want free McMuffins from Ferdie Marco?" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLNbT6BUw1uxgctLhUr0kVjbh_59t5fTZZu5bjv8UDQcAb_7by6abJYYzhuskZescRQRujGpMvEJd4NJlBuwyDupRKuYK_pUvbCskYrKLVa3eQXtaGDV4CF5Pci1hXiKwdqUEa9cX4AGn/s640/macdo-breakfast-day-ferdie-marco.JPG" title="Want free McMuffins from Ferdie Marco? " width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Want free McMuffins from Ferdie Marco? <br />PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter/@TheBiancaB</td></tr></tbody></table>The caption read: <i>“Dahil mahal ko kayo LIBRE ko kayo ng Mcmuffin sa McDonald’s sa March 14, 2016 basta simula 6 am hanggang 7 am sagot ko Mcmuffins nyo sa lahat ng McDonald’s outlet sa buong Pilipinas… sabihin nyo lang pangalan ko…ganyan ko kayo kamahal…save the date! Kita-kits tayo para sa libre kong pa-almusal. 6 to 7 am lang ha…agahan nyo mga ka fb.”</i><br /><br />(Because I love you, I’ll treat you with free Mcmuffins at McDonald’s on March 14, 2016 beginning 6 am until 7 am. You can claim your free Mcmuffins in any McDonald’s outlet all over the Philippines, just mention my name. That’s how much I love you, save the date! See you there for the free breakfast. Keep in mind that it’s just from 6am to 7pm. Be early FB friends.)<br /><br />The controversial post has been deleted since then but netizens were able to take a screenshot of the “fake promo”.<br /><br />According to ElectionPH, Marco is a member of the Liberal Party. <b>-Mini/The Summit Express</b></div>

LOOK: Politician allegedly takes credit for McDonald’s “Breakfast Day” promo

MANILA, Philippines- Fast food giant McDonald’s has issued a warning against people grabbing credit for their “National Breakfast Day” promo...

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