MANILA, Philippines — Perhaps Senator Manny Pacquiao was absent or preoccupied with other things when Cabinet secretaries presented about the pandemic expenses before the Senate, Malacaang said Wednesday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque took a swipe at Pacquiao after he named the Department of Health (DOH) when he accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s dare to identify corrupt agencies under his administration.
“Sa akin po, absent po siguro si Senator Pacquiao noong nag-presenta yung mga Cabinet secretaries. Or kung hindi siya absent, he may have been preoccupied with something else,” Roque said in a press conference in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
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