MANILA, Philippines — Albay Rep. Joey Salceda on Wednesday asked the President to designate Finance Secretary and Economic Development Cluster Head Carlos Dominguez as an overall COVID-19 crisis manager.
Salceda said Dominguez should be named to such a position to “bring clarity to the response and make our efforts holistic and coordinated.”
“It will probably work better if testing, tracing, and treatment, as well as economic interventions and procurement, were not siloed in different agencies or different persons-in-charge. At the same time, we need someone who can readily decide on matters of government guarantees, borrowing, and spending,” Salceda said in a statement.
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