'In the meeting with the President, it came from the President himself – 'Why is Leachon talking like this?'' 👀🤐
DUTERTE REACTS. President Rodrigo Duterte meets with members of the IATF-EID in Malago Clubhouse. Malacañang photocriticizing the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
"When he spoke, casting doubts on the figures of DOH , all the members of the strategic communications task force started to ask, why are we being hit by our own ally? I brought this to Secretary Galvez's attention," said Roque.Leachon's social media posts mainly bemoaned the lack of real-time data on coronavirus numbers from the DOH, saying outdated data would adversely impact the government's response to the crisis.
Leachon, while apologizing for his"episodic emotional outburst," also said his comments were meant to be"constructive" criticism. "I also regret Dr Leachon's leaving the NTF, but he has decided to resign, so be it. But we will still remain friends. I, for one, will get his input from time to time," Año said.
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