{"id":252435,"date":"2020-04-17T05:43:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T09:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252435"},"modified":"2020-04-17T05:43:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T09:43:32","slug":"duterte-appreciates-duques-work-amid-covid-19-crisis-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/17\/duterte-appreciates-duques-work-amid-covid-19-crisis-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte appreciates Duque\u2018s work amid Covid-19 crisis: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte confers with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III while holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on March 9, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to keep Health Secretary Francisco Duque III because he appreciates the latter\u2019s way of handling the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak in the country, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Despite mounting calls for Duque\u2019s resignation due to his supposed failure to respond to the Covid-19 crisis, he was retained for the reason that he does not \u201csugarcoat\u201d the truth, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.<\/p>\n

Nograles said Duque has been making \u201cquick, decisive, and hard decisions\u201d to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps us\u00a0na nandiyan si<\/em>\u00a0Secretary Duque (It helps us that Secretary Duque is here) because he will tell it as it is,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what the President appreciates. Because you have to tell how it is right now. No sugar-coating.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, 14 senators signed a resolution calling for Duque\u2019s resignation due to his alleged \u201cfailure of leadership, negligence, lack of foresight, and inefficiency\u201d in leading the country\u2019s fight against Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Those who inked Senate Resolution 362 were Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, and senators Juan Edgardo Angara, Nancy Binay, Ronald dela Rosa, Sherwin Gatchalian, Panfilo Lacson, Manuel Lapid, Maria Imelda Josefa Marcos, Emmanuel Pacquiao, Grace Poe, Ramon Revilla Jr., Francis Tolentino, and Joel Villanueva.<\/p>\n

Nograles said Duque still has the \u201c100 percent\u201d trust of his fellow Cabinet members, even after some senators questioned the health chief\u2019s ability to address the outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the news came out\u00a0na may<\/em>\u00a0resolution,\u00a0lahat kami sa<\/em>\u00a0Cabinet uttered our 100 percent support kay Secretary Duque (When the news came out that there was a resolution, all Cabinet members uttered our 100 percent support for Secretary Duque). And then shortly after, the President gave his decision that he will keep Secretary Duque,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said Duque stays as head of the health department but Duterte challenged him to work harder to prove that he deserves to be its chief.<\/p>\n

\u2018Right\u2019 decisions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nograles said the public should also appreciate the significant contributions of Duque who suggested the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to stop the further spread of Covid-19 in the country.<\/p>\n

He said all of Duque\u2019s recommendations were based on evidence and data.<\/p>\n

Nograles added that the decisions made to contain Covid-19 turned out to be \u201cright.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAng gusto namin kay<\/em>\u00a0(What we like about) Secretary Duque (is), he will tell it as it is, no \u2018ifs\u2019 and \u2018buts\u2019. And in this crisis, what we\u2019re facing now, we have to make hard decisions. You have to make decisions on the go \u2013 quick, decisive, hard decisions,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of the decisions that were made came out to be the right decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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