HINDI napigilan ang selebrasyon dahil labis na ikinatuwa ang tradisyonal na “Birthday Mañanita” pero hindi umano nagpabaya na ipaalala sa mga tauhan ang social distancing, ayon kay National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief, P/MGen. Debold Sinas, kasabay ng paghingi niya ng paumanhin sa nagawang paglabag sa quarantine protocols.
“Overjoyed as a birthday celebrant, I was caught up with a traditional Mañanita spontaneously conducted by some of my officers and men in their own volition. In all actuality, my accommodation to them was done with all cautiousness because I am fully aware of the anti-COVID measures being implemented by the government. They were told to observe social distancing and other precautionary health measures. They were also told not to linger and prepare for the simultaneous relief distribution NCR-wide that day,” pahayag ni Sinas.
Depensa ni Sinas, ang mga larawan na nag-circulate sa social media ay edited at kinuha lamang umano sa mga lumang posts at ang iba pang larawan ay hindi naman ang kabuuan ng kaganapan ang inilalarawan.
Humingi ng paumanhin si Sinas sa publiko na labis na nadesmaya sa selebrasyon na naganap sa kaarawan nito.
“It was never my intention to disobey any existing protocols relatives to the implementation in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ),” pahayag ni Sinas.
Nangako si Sinas na ang NCRPO ay mananatiling susunod sa mga sasabihin at patnubay ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at ni Chief, PNP Director General Archie Gamboa. (JAJA GARCIA)