MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker on Wednesday said that a tripartite deal between the national government and local government when it comes to purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in pharmaceutical firms is “unavoidable.”
During the interpellation period for House Bill No. 8648, Bukidnon 3rd District Rep. Manuel Zubiri asked Quirino Rep. Junie Cua if LGUs could directly procure vaccines without having to enter into a tripartite deal.
House Bill No. 8648—filed by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano—aims to allow local government units to buy the vaccines from manufacturers.
“It is unavoidable that this be done thr…
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