MANILA, Philippines — While he reiterated that his resignation was irrevocable, Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong admitted that he “cannot refuse” should President Rodrigo Duterte ask him to stay in his post as contact tracing czar.
“Well it is a situation where no one can refuse if the President tells you to stay and perform your job. I cannot refuse the President,” Magalong said Tuesday in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel when asked what if the President asks him to stay in his post.
“Pero hindi naman na siguro aabot kay Presidente, ang dami nang problema ni Presidente. Siguro at the level of [vaccine czar] Secretary [Carlito] Galvez, makapagdesisyon na,” he added.
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