Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno urged the public to avoid being used by other politicians to push for their political agenda amid the enhanced community quarantine being imposed by the national government.
The government is facing criticisms on social media and accused them of not acting swiftly to solve the current crisis being faced by the government.
But Mayor Moreno believes that even the richest countries in the world were facing difficulties in handling the crisis.
Instead of criticizing, he urged the people to use their free time during enhanced community quarantine to do self-reflection.
“Tignan niyo ang mga matatayog na bansa, tiklop sila. Tayo pa kaya. Kaya imbes na ituro natin ang ating daliri sa mga tao na iilan sa pamahalaan, siguro maganda naman na manalamin tayo. Tignan natin ang ating sarili sa salamin at tanungin natin ang ating sarili, ano nga ba ang pakikiisa ko na labanan ang kaaway ng lahat, ang covid-19?” Moreno said.
“Wag po tayong pagagamit sa ilang panawagan diyan, sa ilang sisihan diyan ng mga politiko. Wag po. Walang maitutulong sa inyo ang mga politika ng politiko laban sa covid-19. Ang mananalo lang sa away ng politiko ay kapwa politiko. Palitan man natin ang liderato, walang makakapagbigay ng tamang solusyon sa ating kinakaharap. Maghunos dili tayo. Paulit-ulit kong sinasabi,” he added.
A few days ago, thousands of netizens on Twitter criticized President Rodrigo Duterte and called for his ouster because of some of the controversial actions did by the government amid the ECQ.
However, until today, the President of the country is still Duterte.