Roque: “I was congratulating the people, not the government’s efforts, because in the end, it’s the people [who] will determine how fast the disease will spread.”
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It is clear that COVID-19 is the enemy, and not UP, he said in television interviews in response to comments from netizens who mocked him for his gloating stance about the country’s 37,000 confirmed cases early this week. “I was congratulating the people, not the government’s efforts, because in the end, it’s the people [who] will determine how fast the disease will spread,” Roque said. —Leila B.
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