Presidential
Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque has a simple message to the Vice President of
the Republic of the Philippines.
She should just ask him
regarding the government’s COVID-19 response whenever there is something that
is not clear or in need of clarification.
This was the response
of Atty. Harry Roque after Vice President Leni Robredo made the comment that with
respect to the government’s spending to the COVID-19 response there is "not
enough information."
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| Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo (photo credit to owner) |
Robredo said that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte should release a detailed breakdown of how it spent hundreds of billions of pesos meant to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"I invite the good
Vice President to just ask what she needs to know and we will respond. That's
part of my duties as spokesperson," Atty. Roque said in a Malacanang palace
press briefing.
Earlier VP Robredo said
government documents available online is lacking on details on how funds for
the pandemic response were used.
She added that the
Philippines failed to "act urgently" at the start of the coronavirus
pandemic and was still "catching up" with the response of other
countries despite imposing one of the longest lockdowns in the world.
"For the past
several hindi lang (not just) days, but weeks, I've been looking for documents
online on the report of how the Bayanihan Heal as One funds were spent -- Hindi
kumpleto (it's incomplete)," the Vice President told ANC.
The Presidential
spokesperson, however, defended the measures and policies undertaken by the government
to respond to the pandemic, saying more lives would have been lost if not for
the lockdowns that started last March.
"Tingin ko po tama
ang mga hakbang na ginawa natin although we strive to do better at tingnan po
natin kung mayroon pang mga bagong stratehiya," Roque said.
(I think we took the
right steps although we strive to do better and let's see if there are new
strategies.)
"Buong mundo po
(worldwide), we are far from beating COVID-19. I hope the Philippines can break
this worldwide trend," he added.
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