{"id":271082,"date":"2020-10-07T06:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T10:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271082"},"modified":"2020-10-07T06:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T10:57:33","slug":"robredo-cant-join-iatf-meetings-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/07\/robredo-cant-join-iatf-meetings-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Robredo can\u2019t join IATF meetings: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roque said the IATF welcomes all Robredo\u2019s suggestions but noted that she had nothing new to bring to the table. (File Photo<\/a>: VP Leni Robredo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Vice President Leni Robredo cannot join the regular meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) because she is not a member of the Cabinet, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Senator Imee Marcos urged the government to consider appointing an \u201cordinary mother\u201d to the IATF, noting how women were outnumbered in the task force on the government\u2019s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) response.<\/p>\n

\u201cKay<\/em>\u00a0VP Leni Robredo\u00a0siya ay Pangalawang Pangulo pero hindi siya miyembro ng Gabinete kaya hindi po siya maimbita s<\/em>a Cabinet meeting (VP Leni Robredo is the Vice President but she\u2019s not a member of the Cabinet so we can\u2019t invite her to the Cabinet meeting),\u201d he said in an interview over PTV-4.<\/p>\n

Roque said the IATF welcomes all Robredo\u2019s suggestions but noted that she had nothing new to bring to the table.<\/p>\n

\u201cLahat ng suhestiyon niya pinakikinggn natin kaya lang wala pong bago. Kung meron siyang bagong suhestyon I am sure ikokonsidera po yan<\/em>\u00a0(We listen to all her suggestions but there\u2019s nothing new. If she has a new suggestion, I am sure it will be considered),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said all Cabinet and IATF members always see to it that they discuss the plight of Filipinos affected by the pandemic in their regular meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cLahat naman po ng<\/em>\u00a0Cabinet members\u00a0papunta doon sa pagpupulong na yun ay daladala ang sentimiento hind lang ng kanilang<\/em>\u00a0personal\u00a0kung hindi ang sentimiento ng taumbayan<\/em>\u00a0(All Cabinet members in the meeting bring not only their personal sentiments but all public sentiments),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque earlier said Robredo was being \u201cblind and deaf\u201d to the national government\u2019s efforts after she claimed that there is a lack of system and cohesive plan in the government\u2019s Covid-19 response.<\/p>\n

He said he did not expect her to say anything good about the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

Despite Robredo\u2019s criticism, Roque said Duterte continued to enjoy the support of the Filipino people.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Marcos vouched for more women appointees in the IATF, noting that the pandemic had affected women in \u201cmyriad and cruel ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a commonsensical but compassionate homemaker in policymaking or set up a special committee led by her to assess the Covid-19 pandemic\u2019s impact on women,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said a mother in the IATF \u201cwould already have set up community-based tutoring pools that handle small groups of kids, or opened streets and auditoriums, and more handwashing facilities for family use. Instead, we are arresting people for quarantine violations.\u201d<\/p>\n

In July 2016, Duterte appointed Robredo as head of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC).<\/p>\n

Robredo resigned in December the same year after Duterte ordered her to refrain from attending all Cabinet meetings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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