MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo stressed that the COVID-19 pandemic is a time to be united and set aside politics, responding to President Rodrigo Duterte’s defending her from an anti-corruption commissioner who sought a probe on her efforts to help out during the crisis.
Robredo on Monday thanked President Duterte for defending her from an anti-corruption commissioner who sought a probe on her efforts to help out during the crisis.
“Hindi ito kumpetisyon. We step in every time we see a need. So tingin ko dapat hindi namin ito tinitingnan na ako ‘yung mas mabilis, ako ‘yung mas marami,” Robredo said in an interview with CNN Philippines on Monday night.
“Ang mensahe ni Pangulo is very important if only to emphasize na kailangan nating magkaisa,” she added.
President Duterte on Friday evening sacked Presidential Anti-Corruption Commissioner Manuelito Luna for calling the National Bureau of Investigation to launch a probe on Robredo for supposedly competing with the government.
The Chief Executive have also commended Robredo for her efforts in seeking help from private companies to provide for the public amid the coronavirus disease pandemic.
“Si Leni was calling the private sector na magtulong. Naghingi siya ng tulong. Tama ‘yan. Maghingi ka ng tulong sa kapwa mong tao,” Duterte said.
Robredo also said the Office of the Vice President’s COVID-19 donation drive has raised P46,850,734, which would translate to over 106,000 sets of personal protective equipment for medical frontliners.
Robredo’s office is also offering dormitories for health workers who may have been kicked out of their dwellings due to discrimination, or those who do not want to go home out of fear that they may endanger their families.
Robredo’s office has also offered a shuttle to ferry health workers to hospitals on eight routes./PN
