MANILA - A video of a batch salutatorian in Quezon City interrupted by school authorities while delivering her graduation speech has been making rounds online.

In the video uploaded on YouTube, Krisel Mallari, batch salutatorian of the Sto. Nio Parochial School, was delivering a speech that was still in the early parts of her speech when the announcer suddenly interrupted her, saying "Thank you very much, Ms. Krisel Mallari."

"Sa bawat taon na lumipas ay puspusan ang pag-aaral na ginawa ko sa eskuwela, naniwala ko sa patas na labanan. Sa pagtatapos ng school year na itoy isang hakbang na lang ang layo ko sa finish line, ngunit sa pagdating ko ritoy naglaho ang pulang tali na sisimbolo sana sa aking tagumpay, naglaho nga ba o sadyang kinuha?" Mallari was saying when the announcer interrupted.

Instead of stopping, Mallari proceeded with her speech, but school authorities kept insisting for her to stop and take a seat.

"Maraming tao ang nagbulag-bulagan sa isang sistemang marumi at kaduda-duda. Ngunit di ko ito tinuluran, ipinaglaban ko ang sa tingin koy tama, nanindigan ako bilang isang Pilipino na palaban at may takot sa Diyos. Chismis, isang piyesta ng chismis ang inabot ko ng pinagmukha nila akong masama," she said as the announcer interrupted anew.

At one point, a teacher is seen in the video seemingly handing Mallari a paper for her to read, instead of what she was delivering.

In an interview with ABS-CBNNews.com, Mallari confirmed that the speech she delivered during the graduation rites was different from the one approved by school authorities.

Mallari said she knew that the teachers would not approve the speech containing what she really wants to saywhich is about an alleged cheating incident in the schoolthat's why she did not have it checked by school authorities.

"May freedom of speech naman po di ba?" Mallari said.

Mallari's sister, Katherine, explained that even before the graduation rites, they had been asking the school to release the computation of Krisel's grades for the sake of transparency.

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VIRAL: QC school's salutatorian speech interrupted