Go: Pandemic response efforts must be ‘free of politics, corruption’

Senator Bong Go expressed high confidence in the government’s management of the Covid-19 crisis but swore to hold accountable any public official found to be engaged in acts of corruption or malfeasance.

“Malaki ang tiwala ko sa gobyerno, kay Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. at Secretary Carlos Dominguez na ni piso wala dapat masayang. Kasi kapag mayro’n nanakaw at mawala, ako mismo ang magsasalita at magsasabi kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na kasuhan sila,” the chair of the Senate health committee said.

“Kung may pagdududa na may kalokohan, ako mismo ang papalag at magkakaso sa mga taong pumasok sa katiwalian. Hindi kami papayag ni Pangulong Duterte na may masasayang ni kahit piso,” he vowed.

Go went on to caution Filipinos to refrain from spreading false or unverified information that could affect the public’s perception of the Covid-19 vaccine process, undermine its rollout, and aggravate the country’s health situation.

“Hindi ito ang panahon ng pagdududa, siraan o pagsisisihan. Ito ang panahon ng pagtutulungan … Ang problema ngayon mayro’n non-disclosure agreements sa pagitan ng gobyerno at mga vaccine suppliers,” he said.

“We cannot afford na maputol ang supply nila sa atin dahil lang sa pagdududa. Matatakot sila kung pinagdududahan sila at matatagalan ang supply dito sa ating bansa,” Go said.

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