Dapat may kakayahan at mapagkakatiwalaan  
HENERAL NG TOKHANG ‘DI KAILANGAN SA DOH, — SOLON 

BINATIKOS ng isang makabayang kongresista ang desisyon ng Malacañang na magtalaga ng isang pulis bilang undersecretary ng Kagawaran ng Kalusugan.

“We need a competent and trustworthy Health secretary now, not a Tokhang general,” ani House Deputy Minority leader at ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro.

Desmayado si Castro sa pagkakatalaga kay dating  Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan bilang isa sa mga undersecretaries ng ahensiya.

“Ano ba ‘yan?! Ang kailangan ngayong panahon pa rin ng pandemya ay isang mahusay at mapagkakatiwalaang Health secretary at hindi isang Tokhang general na kasama sa nagbalangkas ng Oplan Double Barrel at pumatay sa libo-libo nating kababayan,” ayon kay Castro.

“Gen. Cascolan’s appointment is like a slap on the face of dedicated and qualified health care practitioners who were by-passed for the position. What is Gen. Cascolan’s qualification for the health portfolio anyway? Mamanmanan ba niya ang mga progresibong health workers groups o babarilin ba niya ang covid virus?!” tanong ng progresibong kongresista.

“Malacañang should reconsider Gen. Cascolan’s DOH appointment and would be better off by appointing a full time Health secretary now.  Mr. Marcos is saying that we need to normalize the situation now, immediately appointing a health secretary would be a step in achieving normalization but definitely not appointing a general to the Health department,” aniya.

Sa panig ng Alliance of Health Workers, maraming mas may kakayahan at karanasan sa loob mismo ng DOH kaysa dating PNP chief na si Cascolan. (GERRY BALDO)