Legal basis needed to make Covid-19 vaccine compulsory: Palace

By Prince Golez

An ordinance or a law is needed to compel Filipinos to get Covid-19 vaccine, Malacañang said Tuesday.

Citing the Supreme Court, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the government can make vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory.

“Sa jurisprudence po ng Pilipinas at ng Amerika pupuwede pong ma-compel, pupuwede pong ipatupad ang compulsory vaccination,” Roque said in his virtual presser.

“Pero kinakailangan po may legal na basehan so kinakailangan po natin either ng ordinansa or ng batas na magpapataw ng parusa doon sa ayaw magpabakuna,” he added.

On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail those who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

He also directed the Department of the Interior and Local Government to identify individuals opposed to vaccines.

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