The Peace and Order Cluster of the Defeat COVID-19 Committee (DCC) in the House of Representatives has sought the implementation of a
“selective and calibrated” enhanced community quarantine policy to stimulate “back to normalcy activities.”The subpanel, co-chaired by Iloilo 5th district Rep. Raul Tupas and Masbate 1st district Rep. Narciso “Bong” Bravo made the recommendation in a draft report dated April 7 to DCC, even as it expressed its support to the extension of the ECQ until April 30.
“These measures may include the issuance of passes or permits to workers so that they may travel to their place of work with ease,” it added. In the draft report, the subpanel warned that anti-government factions or groups may use the pandemic crisis as an “opportunity to sow disunity, and to provoke and encourage civil unrest to undermine the credibility of the government,” citing the Kadamay rally incident in Quezon City.
Citing that the law enforcement agencies are “critical actors” in the government’s fight against COVID-19, the cluster asked the government to grant the supplemental budgets requested by the Philippine National Police , Bureau of Fire Protection , and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology for the procurement of personal protective equipment, medicines, and disinfecting supplies to be utilized in their operations.
The cluster also recommended the immediate release of the supplemental fund to cover the full payment of COVID-19 hazard pay to all government personnel who physically report for working during ECQ, including frontline law enforcement personnel.
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