Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon on Friday said that the government may impose restrictions for unvaccinated Filipinos to contain the further spread of the Covid-19 virus and promote the general welfare and public health.
“However, a law must be passed if the government wants to punish, arrest or jail those unvaccinated from going out,” he said.
“It is a valid and reasonable exercise of police power to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the people. The general welfare clause also provides sufficient authority to the State to implement measures for the ‘maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty, and property, and promotion of the general welfare,’” Drilon said.
“The State may also interfere with personal liberty to promote the general welfare as long as the interference is reasonable and not arbitrary,” the former justice secretary added.
“It is correct that those unvaccinated should stay home. If they go out, the process of escorting them back to their homes is a reasonable exercise of state power to protect public health. Kailangan ito gawin para masugpo ang pagkalat ng delta variant ng Covid-19,” Drilon said.
President Rodrigo Duterte recently said that he cannot wait for a law to punish unvaccinated Filipinos and he wants police and barangay captains to restrict the movement of people who do not want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 virus.
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