Sen. Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Sotto, who is set to lead the Senate Committee of the Whole inquiry, was convinced that Duque was indeed at fault for the failure of the government to purchase from the United States-based pharmaceutical the first batch of coronavirus vaccines.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson had earlier revealed that it was Duque whom Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin was referring to when he said on Twitter last Tuesday that he and Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez could have secured 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer but “someone dropped the ball”.