{"id":251261,"date":"2020-04-04T20:56:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T00:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251261"},"modified":"2020-04-04T20:56:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T00:56:07","slug":"duterte-welcoming-any-help-to-fight-covid-19-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/04\/duterte-welcoming-any-help-to-fight-covid-19-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte welcoming any help to fight Covid-19: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on March 30, 2020. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte is enjoining everyone, including his critics, to help his government in addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Duterte on Friday expressed appreciation to Vice President Maria Leonor \u201cLeni\u201d Robredo for taking the initiative to provide assistance to health workers who are sacrificing to fight Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who respond to call for unity and cooperation must be encouraged and commended instead of being harassed by subjecting them to a mindless government intrusion that smacks of partisan action,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

Panelo said Duterte\u2019s appeal for unity amid the health crisis in the country was sincere.<\/p>\n

He believed that the \u201cbayanihan\u201d or teamwork spirit of every Filipino can make the country \u201csurvive and prevail over this scourge of a disease.\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cHis (Duterte) repeated calls for everybody, regardless of political beliefs to cooperate in the government\u2019s efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus, is not a meaningless appeal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a public addressed aired on state-run PTV-4 on Friday, Duterte lauded Robredo for helping the medical workers in the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Duterte also announced his decision to fire Presidential Anti-Corruption Commissioner Manuelito Luna for urging the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate Robredo who was allegedly competing with the government\u2019s efforts to contain Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Panelo said Luna\u2019s dismissal from service only proves that Duterte would not tolerate \u201cabusive, arrogant, and incompetent\u201d workers in the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe firing of PACC Commissioner Manuelito Luna by (Duterte) demonstrates the President\u2019s intolerance to abusive, arrogant and incompetent government officials, apart from the corrupt ones, as well as consistent with his decisive action against errant public servants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,094, as of Saturday.<\/p>\n

Duterte, through Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, was given the authority to exercise additional powers to stop the further transmission of Covid-19 in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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