Manila City Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso
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However, the Manila city government will comply with President Duterte’s directive to stay under GCQ until the country’s vaccination plan against COVID-19 has been rolled out.
“We are always ready for MGCQ,” Domagoso told reporters on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
“[But] if that is the policy of the President, then we, in the local government unit under the supervisory authority council, will follow the same,” he added.
During the Metro Manila Council’s meeting on Feb. 18, Domagoso was among the nine mayors who voted for the shift to MGCQ in the National Capital Region (NCR).