2 former health secretaries back Robredo
Vice President Leni Robredo started her second day of visit to Negros Occidental with a meeting with the chapter leaders of Murcia Women’s Association – Lakas ng Kababaihan (MWA-LNK) in Sitio Sumbingco, Brgy. Damsite in Murcia, Negros Occidental.
The MWA-LNK is one of the many groups who received sustainable livelihood subsidy grants from VP Leni’s office. The women’s group received assistance for their rice retailing livelihood project. (Photo by Jay Ganzon / OVP)
MANILA, Philippines — Two former health secretaries have expressed their support for Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid and came aboard her team as advisors on public health matters, in what is seen as a boost to her campaign hinged on eradicating the COVID-19 scourge in the country.
On Monday, Former Health Secretaries Manuel Dayrit and Esperanza Cabral, who served under the Cabinets of former Presidents Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Benigno Aquino III, respectively, said they were “only too happy” to join Robredo’s team in crafting a good health agenda.
Both Dayrit and Cabral noted that the country had “moved too slow” in closing down its borders at the onset of the pandemic. “[The government] somewhat dilly-dallied. That was the biggest miscalculation,” Dayrit said.
