MALACAÑANG on Saturday justified President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to publicly fire Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) commissioner Manuelito Luna, saying the Chief Executive was intolerant of “abusive, arrogant and incompetent government officials”. Duterte, in a public address on Friday night, fired Luna for urging the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo for supposedly competing with the government’s efforts to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. “Only the Bayanihan spirit of every Filipino lending hand to each other can make this nation survive and prevail over this scourge of a disease,” he added. Robredo’s office has, so far, raised at least P36 million for the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers. It also launched free shuttle service and free dormitories for health workers affected by the Luzon-wide quarantine.

Source: Manila Times April 04, 2020 12:56 UTC