Malacañang said Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu can exercise all powers in order to curb the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Cebu City which passed the 4,000-mark this week.
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu joins the meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases presided by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on June 22, 2020.
“The mandate, really, is to do everything that can be done to avoid a spike in cases in Cebu City and to manage the number of new cases being reported from the city,” Roque said on Wednesday morning. “There’s now a hierarchy of laws that we’re following here. And, of course, the mandate of General Cimatu comes from the President himself backed up by an executive order,” Roque said.
“If need be, the President will issue executive orders to give legal validity to the actions being taken by General Cimatu,” Roque said.
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