Without clear plan for COVID-19, Duterte's 5th SONA disappointing - solon

Without clear plan for COVID-19, Duterte's 5th SONA disappointing - solon SONA2020

MANILA - A lawmaker on Saturday found President Rodrigo Duterte's penultimate State of the Nation Address wanting, saying the chief executive didn't provide a detailed and concrete action plan towards the country's recovery from COVID-19.

The Palace earlier said Duterte would lay down a recovery roadmap for the country's pandemic-battered economy and virus-weary public. The novel coronavirus has so far sickened 82,040 people in the Philippines, with 1,657 new cases reported on Monday. "That's a very miniscule amount. It could not properly respond to the health and economic emergencies. It is stingy compared to our ASEAN neighbors whose COVID-19 expenditures are much, much bigger in growth and per capita outlay," Lagman said.

In June, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the P1.3 trillion economic stimulus package allocated to help keep and generate jobs.

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