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Monday, February 8, 2021

Palace thumbs down CPP-NPA proposal not to tap military for vaccine rollout

By Prince Golez

Malacañang on Tuesday rejected the suggestion of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples’ Army (CPP-NPA) to let the Philippine Red Cross or other civilian humanitarian agencies handle the delivery and administration of vaccines instead of the military.

President Rodrigo Duterte earlier appealed to the communist rebels to allow the coronavirus vaccines to be transported “freely and safely” once they become available.

The government’s vaccine deployment plan will “remain” regardless of what the CPP-NPA says, according to Duterte’s mouthpiece Harry Roque.

“We have a rollout plan. ‘Yun po ang masusunod, kahit ano pang sabihin (nila),” Roque said during his virtual briefing.

“I guess they have freedom of expression but they are tagged as a terrorist group so parang they can express their opinion but hanggang doon lang po yan,” he added.



Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)

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