Robredo: “Totoo na talagang tinitingnan ko iyong baso na half-empty—at iyong opisina namin sinusubukan na punuin iyon—kasi sa panahon ng krisis hindi natin maa-afford na hindi natin punuin iyong ating mga baso.' | CMRamosINQ
The Vice President has recently questioned some of the policies of the administration in its response to the crisis and at one point said that the government appears to be in “state of denial” as it continues to praise its COVID-19 efforts despite a number of shortcomings.and only fixating on the government’s shortcomings in its COVID-19 response “just to score political brownie points” at the expense of the Duterte administration.
Robredo, in response to Roque’s remark, admitted that she is indeed “looking at the glass half-empty.” “Totoo na talagang tinitingnan ko iyong baso na half-empty—at iyong opisina namin sinusubukan na punuin iyon—kasi sa panahon ng krisis hindi natin maa-afford na hindi natin punuin iyong ating mga baso. Hindi ito panahon para magkampante tayo. Hindi ito panahon para iyong pagkakamali natin paulit-ulit natin na ginagawa,” she said.“Kaya ang hinihiling ko nga, sa administrasyon, na i-assess, i-assess kung saan tayo nagkakamali.
“Kapag nagkamali iyong administrasyon, o patuloy na nagkakamali, sino ba iyong lugi? Tayo namang lahat. So bakit naman natin iwi-wish na magkamali sila? Pero kapag may mali sila—at pino-point out na ng iba na mali sila—na hindi nakikinig, ako. May plataporma ako para i-call out sila eh, at gagawin ko iyon kasi ang makikinabang taumbayan. Wala naman akong interes— Ngayon pa ba tayo mamumulitika, ‘di ba?” she said.
“Sana makinig naman. Sana huwag masyadong balat-sibuyas. Nakita natin, many, many times, iyong comparison ng epidemic curve, ‘di ba? Iyong comparison ng epidemic curve ng lahat na bansa, at nandoon tayo sa hindi maganda,” she added.“Kapag hindi natin inaamin iyong pagkakamali natin—kapag masyado tayong sensitive sa puna—kawawa naman iyong taumbayan,” she further said.The number of coronavirus infections in the country breached the 3,500-mark on Sunday.
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