President Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest those who are committing discriminatory acts against medical frontliners.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with some members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on April 8, 2020.
“I’d like to order the police. If there’s a report of somebody harassing or facing a discriminatory act, you arrest the person,” he said in his public address aired late Monday night. The President said the public should not discriminate against nor harass health workers as they are the ones who will take care of them if they get sick.
“Paglabas niyan sa hospital — hoy, mga g***. Cleaned na ‘yan sila… So huwag ninyong i-discriminate ‘yan.”
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