MANILA, Philippines — The case filed by Cebu-based lawyers seeking to stop the national government’s COVID-19 quarantine protocols from being implemented in their province is “most welcome,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Tuesday.
However, Guevarra reminded that resolutions from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) — which placed the 10-day mandatory quarantine for passengers arriving in the country from abroad — were legally binding.
“The filing of a case by the Cebu lawyers is most welcome. It provides a judicial forum for the settlement of an important legal issue that may crop up again in the future. The OSG…
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