Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso (Manila PIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
This was after DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao and Usec. Rene Glen Paje said local chief executives have the discretion to identify the beneficiaries of the one-time emergency cash assistance being distributed by the national government amid the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
Domagoso stressed that he and the other Metro Manila mayors only followed the list of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) beneficiaries that they received from the DSWD.
“Lalo niyo lang nililito ang tao, eh. Eh bakit ba kayo nagkukubli, eh kayo ang nagbilin (You are confusing the people even more. Why are you avoiding blame when we are just following your orders)?” he said in a live broadcast on Facebook on Saturday (April 17).
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