After flagpole stunt, cabbie back on the road

ERVIN GALLO OLIVEROS TIED HIMSELF CAPITOL FLAG POLE/OCT.06,2015:Ervin Gallo Oliveros talk to people who witness after he tied himself at Capitol flag pole while PO3 Eugene Amanence of Provicial Police detail at Capitol accompany him.(CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)

Erwin Oliveros is untied from the flagpole of the Capitol building and led by police. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)

Days after he  chained himself to the flagpole of the Cebu Provincial Capitol saying he had a special message from an angel, Ervin Oliveros  returned to his job as a taxi driver.

He was released by the police without charges since  no one filed a complaint against him.

“He’s  a good person. We don’t mind if he talks about  religion as long as he performs his job well,” said Greg Tambis of Corominas Taxi Corp.

Oliveros has been driving a CTC taxi unit since 2011.

The company accepted him back at work  despite Tuesday’s incident where Oliveros calmly chained himself to the flagpole at the Capitol about 9 a.m.

He said he was sent on a mission by “wisdom” to bring together seven “pillars” that would  save the Philippines from ruin.

He named four of the pillars  as former president Fidel V. Ramos, boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, Archbishop Socrates Villegas and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, then  waited for them to come to the Capitol.

“They say I’m crazy or high on drugs but they don’t understand that this is what the angel  told me for the sake of our country,” Oliveros told reporters. He remained polite and calm. Oliveros said an angel has been guiding him. Policemen untied him and and brought him to the police station.

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