Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday expressed belief Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) chief Ricardo Morales was being manipulated by a group of people in the agency, which is not a good indication of his leadership.
Speaking to reporters in an online interview, Drilon said it is quite obvious during the Senate hearing on the alleged corruption in PhilHealth that there are factions within the agency and Morales “wittingly or unwittingly favored one of the factions.”
The embattled PhilHealth chief defended the rationality behind the two programs, but acknowledged it is hard to get rid of corruption in the agency. “In the street language, napapaikutan si Mr. Morales. He should take stock of this. He should take strong and aggressive measures,” he stressed. He said this was evident when he pointed to PhilHealth’s lack of support for Region 6, which ranks fifth in the country in terms of COVID infection.
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