December 31, 2020
Drilon: Senate Committee of the Whole tasked to scrutinize Covid-19 vaccine plan must summon PSG chief
Presidential Security Group (PSG) Commander Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, who admitted that some members of the PSG independently inoculated themselves with unregistered Covid-19 vaccines, should appear before the Senate Committee of the Whole that will look into the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the country in January, according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Thursday. The PSG Commander must be called and must appear in the investigation of the Committee of the Whole to shed light on this issue, Drilon said. The most important who and how of the story remains a mystery. The PSG commander is deliberately withholding the basic questions of who and how from the public.
Published December 30, 2020, 5:54 PM
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Wednesday said there is a deliberate attempt to cover up the facts of the illegal inoculation of some members of the cabinet, the Presidential Security Group (PSG) and the military with an unauthorized vaccine produced by China-based Sinopharm.
Senator Franklin Drilon (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
‘’They are lying through their teeth in a bid protect those who are principally involved in the illegal shipment of the unauthorized vaccines in the country,” Drilon said.
Drilon, a former Justice secretary, said there is no way the unauthorized vaccines could have entered the country without the Bureau of Customs (BOC) clearance.
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Senate Resolution (SR) 599, filed by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, seeks to attain justice for the Sancelans and other victims of unlawful and vigilante killings.
The resolution, which also aims to restore law and order in the country, was also signed by Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon, Ralph G. Recto, Richard J. Gordon, Nancy Binay, Joel Villanueva, Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan, and Leila de Lima.
“At a time of the biggest health crisis the country has ever seen, I am alarmed that this anti-communist agenda reigned over the literal health and survival of the Filipino people. Dr. Sancelan and her husband are only few of the victims of a failing and senseless red-tagging campaign hellbent on crippling our democracy. This attack is only one of the many horrific killings in the country, legitimized by an administration that has distorted the meaning of human rights,” Hontiveros said.
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