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By Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
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MANILA – Ilonggo Sen. Franklin Drilon on Wednesday appealed to the members of the Duterte Cabinet to stop infighting and resolve any disagreements among themselves.
“It is for the good of the country if they will stop bickering and criticizing each other in public,” said Drilon, also Senate minority leader.
The lawmaker said they should instead devote their energy to the “most pressing concerns and challenges, as well as on the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit 2017.”
The public spat between Malacañang officials and Cabinet secretaries hamper the government’s ability to address issues affecting the country, he said.
“The country needs to project the national government as a unified, stable and efficient institution of democracy,” said Drilon.
“The President must fulfill his leadership role, and that will largely rely on our government being focused and free from the squabbling that we have been seeing in the past few weeks.”
Among the officials figuring in squabbles are executive secretary Salvador Medialdea and Environment secretary Gina Lopez, and Cabinet secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. and special assistant to the president Christopher “Bong” Go.
Former secretary Ismael Sueno also clashed with three of his undersecretaries in the Department of Interior and Local Government which led to his ouster early this month.
“Now more than ever, we need government to give its undivided attention to issues that Filipinos actually care about – better basic services, improved disposition of justice and the rule of law, and peace and order – not to word ward between bureaucrats,” Drilon said./PN
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