BACOLOD CITY —- Escalante Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. expressed willingness to answer any show cause order from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) after he was vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ahead of healthcare workers.
“I have not done anything wrong. It was a call of duty to convince healthcare workers to be vaccinated. I am ready to go to jail or accept any penalty for my actions,” Yap said.
The DILG had been directed to investigate mayors who got vaccinated against COVID-19 before the healthcare workers.
DILG provincial head Roselyn Quintana said her office had sent a report to their regional office regarding what happened in …
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