By Prince Golez
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday insisted that he has no plan for a nationwide imposition of martial law in response to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
“I repeat, there is no martial law in the Philippines. Far from it. We are exercising the power of the state to protect public health. That is all there is to it,” Duterte said in a speech aired over state-run PTV-4 late Thursday.
The Chief Executive pointed out that the country has seen “very fast” progress in its fight against Covid-19 because of the implementation of effective quarantine protocols.
“[E]nforcement can be a very tedious process in explaining to the ordinary citizen, please understand that these are things which we have to do because it is needed to be implemented… Huwag kayong matakot na there will be no arrest, detention, or anything,” according to him.
“Pati ho ‘yung military, their role is just to implement the law. They are called upon to assist the civil government. Iyan lang ang trabaho nila at makita ninyo we are progressing at a very fast rate because we were able to put in place the rules to be followed when COVID came in like a storm from the outside,” he added.
As of May 28, there have been 15,558 confirmed cases of the disease in the country, of which 3,598 recovered while 921 died.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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