Published May 9, 2021, 8:43 AM
Local chief executives (LCE) stand to face charges for dereliction of duty if they fail to enforce the prohibition or limitation on mass gatherings amid the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic.
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año made the warning on on Sunday, May 9, citing that the local government units (LGUs) have a critical role in enforcing mass gathering regulations as they are nearer to their constituencies compared to the national government.’
He said LCEs can adopt and implement guidelines and policies of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and enact necessary local policies to support these regulations.
QUEZON CITY, May 9 Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) directed all local chief executives (LCEs) to strictly impose the prohibition or limitation of mass gatherings under the different community quarantine classifications to protect public health and safety or face sanctions for dereliction of duty.
“Local government units (LGUs) have a critical role in enforcing mass gathering regulations as they are nearer to their constituencies compared to the national government. What LCEs can do is to adopt and implement guidelines and policies of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) as well as enact necessary local policies to support these regulations,” said DILG Secretary Eduardo Año.
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Bureau of Corrections
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“With due respect, the Bureau of Corrections maintains that the temporary suspension of delivery of items inside its facilities is in line with the provisions of the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases) Guidelines,” BuCor Chief Superintendent Victor Erick L. Pascua said in his reply to a letter sent online by Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim.
Kapatid, a support and advocacy group, has underscored the need to deliver food and medicine to inmates, particularly the elderly and the medically vulnerable.
It said the PDLs (persons derived of liberty) “need augmented nutritional, medical and hygiene provisions to give them a better chance of surviving the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic in congested and unsanitary jails.”
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