Robredo explained that quarantine measures were imposed to take care of people and not to put the burden of minimizing coronavirus infections on the public’s shoulders.
She also noted that the government’s approach towards the pandemic should be to care for its citizens and shun presumptions that people are causing the spike in COVID-19 cases which leads to being punitive.
“Pero kapag sinabi na natin na iyong tao iyong problema, parang baliktad ito sa dati nating –sa dapat nating ginagawa. Kasi iyong tao nga iyong dapat proteksyunan, bakit sila iyong salarin?” she added. She also mentioned several incidents showing cases where the government immediately assumed that people were bent on disobeying quarantine regulations, like the case of former Army Cpl. Winston Ragos who was shot dead by a police officer despite him having a mental disorder, and the jeepney drivers who were arrested for protesting the government’s transport ban.
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