By Prince Golez
Don’t take it too personally.
This was Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s response to the statement of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) chief Ricardo Morales that he does not mind being replaced as PhilHealth chief.
“(His) remarks are yet another attempt to divert attention from a damaging issue, which is that the PhilHealth head has failed to clean up the agency, which was the mandate given to him by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte,” Roque said in a statement Friday.
“It is tragic that Mr. Morales is taking things personally. This is not about me being the Presidential Spokesperson. This is about President Duterte’s appointing Mr. Morales to fix the organization and eliminate corruption,” he also said.
Duterte’s mouthpiece stressed that Morales has administrative powers to suspend and remove crooks in the agency.
State health insurer’s chief earlier told Roque to file cases in court if he has evidence of corruption involving PhilHealth.
“Mr. Morales has the wrong view that only the courts can remove scoundrels in Philhealth… Worse, he takes advice from lawyers who are the ones responsible for the pitiful plight of the agency,” said Roque.
“Mr. Morales once said, ‘I will make it a point that our members will renew their trust on Philhealth’. I enjoin cavalier Morales to engage in self-examination whether he has made our people trust Philhealth and whether his continued service in the agency would be a service to this nation which we both love so dearly, or whether his talents can be better utilized elsewhere,” he concluded.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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