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MANILA, Philippines – The Joint Coronavirus Task Force (JTF COVID), Commander of the Shield, Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, admitted Sunday that it would be more difficult to enforce the restrictions if the transition from Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to Luzon to the general community quarantine (GCQ).
“When it comes to the police, GCQ will be more challenging for us because it’s not exactly [going] back to normal. I mean there would be more people, more vehicles, “he said.
Eleazar said in an interview through the dzBB radio station, noting that more establishments and sectors will be allowed to operate with the partial reopening of the economy.
He explained that under GCQ, the JTF COVID Shield was unable to inspect all vehicles passing through checkpoints without causing stagnation, particularly in Metro Manila and other densely populated areas.
Retain curfew hours
The JTF COVID Shield commander said that withholding curfew hours and increasing police visibility, as well as random checks, would help ensure that measures are observed to stop the spread of COVID-19 and maintain a low crime incidence.
He said that under GCQ, the police would carry out random checks on the premises, which they can operate, in coordination with the owners, to make sure that physical detachment and the use of face masks are observed. Eleazar said the stores could help by issuing reminders of anti-COVID-19 measures to their clientele.
In a statement, Eleazar assured the public that the Philippine National Police had drafted a security plan for the possible ECQ uprising in parts of Metro Manila and other regions that would focus on police visibility adjustments.
Mainly, he noted that the PNP chief, Archie Gamboa, wanted to keep the decrease in criminal activities since the closure of the entire Luzon was implemented on March 17, where a 61 percent decrease in the volume of crime was observed.
As the country prepares to relax quarantine rules after May 15, a leader of the upper house pressured colleagues in Congress to speed up the passage of the bill that provides for “new normal” protocols for distancing. social in schools, workplaces, commercial establishments and other public spaces. .
Vice President Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. on Sunday called on the House of Representatives and the Senate to prioritize the enactment of House Bill of Representatives Bill 6623, or the proposed New Normal Law for the Workplace and 2020 Public Spaces, which provides for a post-quarantine lifestyle for Filipinos who are still reeling from the impact of the pandemic. “We want COVID-19 to disappear sooner rather than later, of course, but that scenario does not seem likely,” the Camarines Sur lawmaker said in a statement.
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