MANILA, Philippines — Malacaang on Tuesday called on local government units (LGUs) to pass an ordinance imposing penalties to persons selling COVID-19 vaccination slots.
“Ang panawagan nga po namin sa mga lokal na pamahalaan, e kung pupuwede po ay magpasa rin sila ng ordinansa na nagpapataw nagparusa doon sa mga nagbebenta ng slots para malinaw po na meron tayong legal na basehan para parusahan ang mga taong gumagawa nito,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in an online briefing.
(Our call to the local government units is if they could pass an ordinance imposing penalties to those selling slots so that we could have a clear legal basis to punish persons doing this.)
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