Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte hits back at Vice President Leni Robredo over the latter’s comments on the coronavirus situation in the city.
Sara said that Robredo should “avoid involving the COVID-19 surge in Davao City in her attempt at politicking.”
“This has been the hallmark of her term as VP, where she puts forth comments on matters and affairs she lacks understanding and knowledge on and does not offer anything helpful to solve a problem,” Sara said in a statement.
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“There will be a proper time to attack my performance as an LCE in this pandemic if she dares to run for President,” she added.
On her weekly radio program, Robredo said that Davao City could learn from Cebu on they managed the coronavirus situation.
“Makakatulong na tingnan kung anong ginawa sa Cebu. Kasi kung titingnan mo ngayon na nagsaspike na, sa Cebu parang controlled, ‘di ba? Parang controlled and marami ang ginawa—ang partnership doon, hindi lang talaga LGU,” Robredo said.
“In fact noong pumunta kami, nakatrabaho talaga namin ang medical community, very, very active sila doon. So tingin ko ang mga lessons sa Cebu, ganoon din. Makakapulot ng aral ang Davao,” she added.
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Sara said that Robredo is attacking the medical community in Davao.
“She should open her eyes to the surge of cases in localities all around the world and she might be able to say that a surge in cases where 85% of the cases are asymptomatic is primarily identified by aggressive testing, coupled with tracing and isolation/quarantining,” she said.
Sara and Robredo are among presidential bets in the 2022 elections. (TDT)
