MANILA, Philippines — The national government’s solutions to the coronavirus pandemic should be based on science, and not imposing fear, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Tuesday.
Pangilinan made the remark after President Rodrigo Duterte warned the public that those who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may be arrested.
“Ang administrasyon, kung [effective na] lahat ay dinadaan sa pananakot at pagkulong at pag-aresto, eh ‘di sana maganda na ang kalagayan natin ngayon. So hindi solusyon yung pananakot, pag-aresto,” Pangilinan said in an interview with reporters.
(All this administration do is issue threat, impose jail and arrest, if that would be effective,…
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