We know not if the Senate will proceed with its plans to investigate Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd on his conduct of our government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The chamber’s demand for the secretary’s immediate resignation has been met with a declarative decision by President Rodrigo Duterte to keep him at his post

Now, we hear from Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd no less that the Senate still wants to question Mr. Duque. How exactly will this insistence on a public inquisition serve the public interest is unclear since the executive and the legislative branches are not in sync on the matter?

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