{"id":256099,"date":"2020-05-26T05:34:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T09:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256099"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:50:07","slug":"duterte-used-all-special-powers-to-address-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/26\/duterte-used-all-special-powers-to-address-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte used all special powers to address Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with some members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on April 13, 2020. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte was able to exhaust all the emergency powers granted to him by Congress to allow his administration to stop the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

With barely a month before the expiration of Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, Duterte did his best to respond to the crisis brought about by the Covid-19 outbreak, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa tingin ko po, kahit kailan pa yung<\/em>\u00a0date\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0expiration\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0Bayanihan Act,\u00a0nagamit naman po ang lahat ng<\/em>\u00a0special powers\u00a0na binigay sa ating Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(I think, the President was able to use all his special powers granted to him even before the date of expiration of Bayanihan Act ),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

RA 11469, inked on March 24, gives Duterte special powers for a limited time to help his administration combat Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The law only takes effect for three months, unless extended by Congress.<\/p>\n

To address the health crisis, Duterte wielded his emergency power to realign the government\u2019s national budget, Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have exercised all the powers given to the President.\u00a0Una po diyan<\/em>\u00a0(One of the emergency powers used by Duterte is) the power to realign the budget.\u00a0Na<\/em>-realign\u00a0na po natin iyan<\/em>\u00a0(We were able to realign the budget),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang announced on Saturday that some PHP150 billion from the budget items of the executive branch would be realigned to boost the funding for Covid-19 response.<\/p>\n

This developed after Duterte earlier directed Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado to look for additional funds that can be used to stop the further transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte also used his special power to expedite the procurement of sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies for front-liners battling Covid-19.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPagdating po sa<\/em>\u00a0procurement,\u00a0meron na po tayong kumbaga<\/em>, stockpile\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0PPE\u00a0at na-<\/em>order\u00a0na rin po yung mga ibang kailangan natin kasama na po ang mga<\/em>\u00a0ventilator (When it comes to procurement, we now have the stockpile of PPE and we are able to purchase all the medical equipment we need, including ventilators),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Under RA 11469, Duterte is allowed to provide cash aid worth PHP5,000 to PHP8,000 to 18 million poor families for April and May, realign the national budget to fund Covid-19 response measures, and procure PPE sets and other supplies for front-line health workers.<\/p>\n

Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Monday stressed the need to extend until September the granting of emergency powers to Duterte, as provided under RA 11469.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez said the end of Covid-19 pandemic is \u201cnot yet in sight\u201d two months after the effectivity of RA 11469.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez is expected to file Tuesday a bill extending Duterte\u2019s emergency powers.<\/p>\n

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He added that if Congress fails to pass the bill before Saturday, Duterte will have to ask lawmakers to hold a special session during recess, in case the President wants his special powers extended.<\/p>\n

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As of Monday, the Philippines has recorded 14,319 confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 873 deaths and 3,323 recoveries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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