Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 4) — President Rodrigo Duterte said in his unscheduled address late Friday that he has nothing to do with the National Bureau of Investigation’s invite for Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto to explain his supposed quarantine policy “violation.”
“’Yung kay Mayor Vico, isang beses lang akong nagsalita. ‘Yung pag proclaim ko ng emergency. Pagkatapos noon, wala na. Wala akong pakialam sa operation ng NBI kung anong gusto nila,” Duterte said.
[Translation: Regarding Mayor Vico Sotto, I only spoke once when I proclaimed emergency. After that, there’s nothing else. I do not care about the operation of the NBI on whatever they want to do.]
Duterte said it is the job of the police to enforce policies.
Sotto, on the other hand, said that when the national government turned down his request to allow some tricycles to operate for the sake of health workers, he immediately complied. He added that even if he was airing his own opinion, the city government has always complied with national government directives.
He also pointed out that the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act was only enacted on March 24, days after the tricycle issue.
The Interior department has considered it a closed case
