Published May 2, 2021, 1:18 PM
The spokesperson of Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 2, the government should refrain from comparing its COVID-19 response to countries that are not doing well, stressing that it should look at the best practices of its Asian neighbors.
Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, who is also a legal adviser to Robredo, said the present administration should stop repeatedly comparing itself to India, which has more than a billion population.
VP Leni Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez
(OVP photo)
“So, walang comparison na pwede ibigay doon. Pangalawa, kung gagawa ka ng ‘di ba, kung ihahambing mo yung sarili mo sa iba, ‘di ba gusto mo ihambing sarili mo dun sa pinakamagaling? (So, there’s no comparison there. Secondly, if you want to do good, if you are going to compare yourself to others, you want to compare yourself with the best, right?),” he asked over dzXL.