Senator Franklin Drilon swung at the Duterte administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, describing it as a shotgun approach that failed in two things—protecting the livelihood of people and keeping coronavirus under control. | LeilasINQ
“This is the result of the ‘shotgun’ approach in handling COVID-19,” he said.
Given this development, Drilon said the government should undertake swift and decisive action to revive the demand side of the economy and to help the poor.“We should expand it but we must retain those families who received the first tranche because they are the ones who are badly hit by the pandemic,” he said.
Drilon said the government should rethink its strategies as the continued rise in COVID 19 cases, along with corruption allegations, are drowning people’s confidence. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said the recession was expected, and said the government needed to prove that it can handle the pandemic.“So far , the people, consumers, workers, investors think government is losing the battle,” said Recto, an administration ally.
“Bayanihan 2 will help initially but many are commenting it should be followed by other economic actions,” he said.
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