MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) should not be involved in the procurement of vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 given its supposedly poor performance in delivering items to certain government agencies, Senator Franklin Drilon said Tuesday.
Drilon said the PITC may slow down the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines if it will not be able to do its job properly.
“Sa akin po, dapat hindi. Hindi, dahil sa performance nila (For me, it’s a no. No, because of its performance),” the senator said in an interview with ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo when asked if he believes the PITC should still be involved in the purchase of the vaccines.
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