MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday disclosed that many “nervous” local executives called him up after the Senate was not able to immediately pass a bill seeking to exempt them from procurement laws.
Angara, who is sponsoring Senate Bill No. 2057 or the proposed Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act, said he received calls from “a lot of nervous mayors and governors” after Wednesday’s Senate session ended without the passage of the measure.
“When we didn’t pass it on Wednesday, I got calls from a lot of nervous mayors and governors who said ‘Paano ‘to? Yung bayaran namin sa AstraZeneca sa Feb. 24 na’,” the senator said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel.
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