Mayors, papanagutin! Duterte to Año: Impose sanctions vs LGUs with slow vaccination drive

By Prince Golez

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to punish local government units (LGUS) with slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

“I have ordered Secretary Año to impose the necessary sanction against LGUs and local chief executives who are not performing nor using the doses given to them in a most expeditious manner. I will hold each and every LGU accountable for this,” Duterte said during his taped public address aired on Wednesday.

The Chief Executive said he also instructed National Action Plan on Covid-19 Chief Implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to utilize air assets to ensure the speedy delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to other regions.

“Hindi ko malaman kung saan talaga nagkakamali, kung may mali, bakit mahina ang paglabas ng bakuna. Dito sa national, medyo okay. Ang problema, pagdating doon sa provincial, regional level, doon nagkakaroon ng medyo problema,” according to him.

“Even in the manner of deploying them to the proper sites, mahina. So, sabi ko, gamitin na lang ang mga air assets ng PNP pati AFP. Pagdating doon sa (probinsya), yung mga helicopter will take over, sila na maghatid doon sa municipal governments,” added Duterte.

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