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Former
senator Antonio Trillanes IV challenged President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday to
appoint Vice President Leni Robredo to lead the Inter-Agency Task Force for the
Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Trillanes
said that if the government wants no mistake, then it should appoint Robredo as
the chairperson of IATF.
“If
Malacañang really wants to flatten the curve, then it should appoint [Robredo]
to be the IATF chair,” Trillanes said in a statement Friday.
“Kung si
Vice President Leni ang mamumuno at magpapatakbo ng IATF, mas marami itong
magagawa at siguradong mas maganda ang kampanya natin laban sa COVID-19,” he
added.
Trillanes
made the statement after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Robredo
should offer solutions rather than criticize the government’s effort to control
the pandemic.
In an
interview with ANC on Wednesday, Roque said: “I just wish the vice president
could actually offer solutions.”
Trillanes
also asked if Roque is blind not to see the efforts of the vice president since
COVID-19 spread in the country.
“Is Roque
blind or pretending to be blind on the help extended and being extended to our
countrymen by the vice president in the face of this pandemic?” the former
mutineer said
“Kung ang
amo ni Roque na si Duterte ay patulog-tulog, si [Robredo] ay halos wala nang
pahinga sa paghahanap ng paraan kung panno makatutulong sa mga Pilipino,” says
Trillanes
“Duterte
has opted to use checkpoints instead of mass testing and contact tracing. His
failure to properly address the problem has devastated the economy and led to
more COVID-19 cases.” He added
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