{"id":263257,"date":"2020-07-28T20:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T00:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263257"},"modified":"2020-07-28T20:50:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T00:50:58","slug":"dutertes-5th-sona-presents-plans-to-fight-covid-19-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/28\/dutertes-5th-sona-presents-plans-to-fight-covid-19-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte’s 5th SONA presents plans to fight Covid-19: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his 5th State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives Complex in Quezon City on July 27, 2020. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte presented his plans to ensure the country\u2019s recovery from the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic when he delivered his 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi po totoo iyan<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s not true),\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said when asked to react to claims that Duterte, in his SONA delivered on Monday, failed to provide his government\u2019s concrete plans for the country\u2019s recovery from Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Senator Risa Hontiveros and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate lamented that Duterte used his penultimate SONA to lambast his critics, such as Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and the Lopezes.<\/p>\n

Senator Francis Pangilinan, on the other hand, was dismayed that Duterte did not mention the government\u2019s \u201cmiss targets\u201d in mass testing, contact tracing, and the disbursement of cash assistance to poor families affected by the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Some senators also claimed Duterte was not able to give a \u201cclear\u201d Covid-19 recovery roadmap.<\/p>\n

Roque said the lawmakers\u2019 reactions no longer surprised the Palace.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaniya-kaniyang pananaw po iyan. At siyempre galing sa oposisyon, wala naman silang mabuting makikita doon sa sinabi ni Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(We all have different views. And of course, the reactions came from the opposition who do not see anything good in what the President has said),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque maintained that the government\u2019s policy is to further boost the country\u2019s capacity to test, isolate, trace, and treat Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n

He added that the government would use available funds to reboot the economy, which has suffered a recession because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cGagamitin po natin ang<\/em>\u00a0public funds\u00a0\u2018no para mag-<\/em>stimulate\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0economy (We will use public funds to stimulate the economy),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He also noted that Duterte has pushed for priority legislative measures that would help restart economic activities in the country.<\/p>\n

The proposed Bayanihan to Recover as One (Bayanihan 2) Act, which contains a stimulus package that would revive the country\u2019s economy in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, was among the legislative priorities outlined by Duterte in his 5th SONA, Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt kahapon naman po, nangako \u2018yung liderato ng Kongreso na<\/em>\u00a0within the month\u00a0\u2018no, or siguro itong darating na<\/em>\u00a0month\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0Agosto,\u00a0maisasabatas o maia-<\/em>approve\u00a0nila<\/em>\u00a0in third and final reading (Yesterday, Congress leaders promised that they would approve the [priority measures] on third and final reading within the month or this coming August),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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