Ngesikhathi ekhuluma kuthelevishini engahleliwe ngoLwesithathu ebusuku, uMongameli wasePhilippines uRodrigo Duterte ukhiphe isexwayiso esiqinile kwizakhamizi, eziphula imikhawulo yokuvalelwa phakathi i-coronavirus Inkinga - yephula ukwahlukaniswa kwabantu futhi ungadutshulwa khona lapho, ngoba amabutho ezokuphepha asePhilippines manje aseyale ukuthi kudutshulwe 'abahlukumezi' njengoba izwe lilwa nokuqubuka.

Ngesixwayiso esibuhlungu, uDuterte utshele amaphoyisa namasosha ukuthi basebenzise izindlela zokuvala amagilavu kulabo abaphula izindlela zokuvala izinto eLuzon - isiqhingi esikhulu kunazo zonke ezweni futhi esinabantu abaningi - esabekwa ngenyanga edlule ukunqanda ukubhebhetheka kwe-coronavirus.

“Ngeke nginqikaze. Engikuyala ngakho kubhekiswe emaphoyiseni nasemasosheni, kanjalo nase [ezifundeni], ukuthi uma kunenkinga noma kuvela isimo sokuthi abantu balwe futhi izimpilo zenu zisemgqeni, badubuleni babulale, ”kusho umengameli.

UDuterte wethule ikheli lakhe ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa abahlali baseQuezon City - iningi labo okuyizimboni ezihola kancane kanye nabasebenza ekwakheni, abangakwazi ukusebenza ngesikhathi sokuvalwa - baboshelwa ukubhikisha ngaphandle kwemvume. Ukuboshwa kwalaba kugwetshwe yinhlangano yabasebenzi iSolidarity of Filipino Workers (BMP), eyagxeka uhulumeni ngokukhomba abantu abampofu abafuna usizo ngesikhathi senhlekelele.

Umongameli ucele labo abadinga usizo ukuthi babekezele, ebanxusa ukuthi “balinde nje ukulethwa kwezidingo noma ngabe kubambezelekile, kuzofika futhi ngeke ulambe,” kodwa waxwayisa izakhamizi “ukuthi zingathuki uhulumeni. Musa ukuphonsela uhulumeni inselelo. Nakanjani uzolahlekelwa. ”

I-oda lokushanela elibekiwe libeke bonke abantu baseLuzon abayizigidi ezingama-57 “ekuhlukanisweni komphakathi okuthuthukisiwe,” kukhawulela ukunyakaza okuzungeze lesi siqhingi ukuthenga ukudla, imithi nezinye izinto ezibalulekile, futhi kuvale zonke izimboni ngaphandle kwezidingo ezibalulekile.

The Philippines iqinisekise amacala angaphezu kuka-2,300 19 eCovid-96 futhi yabala abangu-XNUMX abashonile. I-World Health Organisation, nokho, ibonile ukuthi ngenxa yesibalo esiphansi sezivivinyo ezenziwa lapho, kungenzeka kube nesibalo esikhulu sokutheleleka, kepha ithe ilindele ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwesifo “kukhuphuke kakhulu ezinsukwini ezizayo.”

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In a dire warning, Duterte told the police and military to adopt a gloves-off approach for violators of lockdown measures on Luzon – the country's largest and most populous island – imposed last month to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
My orders are to the police and the military, as well as the [districts], that if there is trouble or the situation arises that people fight and your lives are on the line, shoot them dead,” the president said.
The president asked those in need of aid to be patient, urging them to “just wait for the delivery even if it's delayed, it will arrive and you will not go hungry,” but warned residents “do not intimidate the government.