Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada broke several quarantine rules and had no permit to distribute aid to San Juan residents, the Department of the Interior and Local Governent (DILG) says.
[The IATF and the DILG released guidelines that everyone taking part in relief goods distribution and operations must first be authorized and coordinated with local government units and must have certification.]
Estrada should have coursed it through the local government, Año said, and he could have sought the help of the Office of Civil Defense which has people as they who could have handled the distribution. Estrada, whose family is a staunch political adversary of incumbent San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora, wasEstrada told CNN Philippines that he had been distributing relief goods to residents of the city when policemen in two patrol cars arrived at the scene and invited him to the local precinct.
The former lawmaker questioned why he was"singled out" for the quarantine violations, when other organizations also conducted relief operations without permit. Zamora cited DILG regulations to justify the arrest, but Estrada pointed to local politics as the mayor's real motive.
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