“‘Yun pong pangangasiwa sa rehabilitation efforts ay isa pong malaking responsibilidad at malaki po ang sakop nitong responsibilidad na ito. [Pero] wala po tayong pinag-uusapan dito na partikular na indibidwal,” Communications Secretary Hermino Coloma said in an interview aired over state-run DZRB.
While maintaining that no particular person was talked about to head the rehabilitation efforts, in the same interview, Coloma did sing praises over the qualifications of former Senator Panfilo Lacson.
“Kilala na po siya sa kanyang record ng paglilingkod. Naging director general po siya ng Philippine National Police bago po siya naging senador, at ‘yung kanya namang paglilingkod [as] senador for two terms ay maganda naman po ang kanyang record bilang legislator at public servant,” Coloma said.
Coloma said disaster relief was the primary discussions during Friday’s cabinet meeting, where the President and his men also discussed other calamities that befell the country.
He said members of the Cabinet are all ready and able to perform their duties, but that the President is studying ways to make relief efforts more efficient.
“Nandiyan na rin po ‘yung responsibilidad ng mga kalihim ng Gabinete na nangunguna sa kanilang mga kagawaran. Pero kakaiba rin po ‘yung sitwasyon na marami po tayong kinakaharap na hamon ng pagbabagong-tatag, pagre-rehabilitate, at muling pagsasaayos o reconstruction,” he said.
“Kaya ‘yan po siguro ang dapat na tingnan [kung] ano ba ang pinaka-epektibong kaayusan. Ano po ang istraktura? Ano po ang paraan ng pangangasiwa ang magiging pinaka-epektibo? ‘Yan po ang background doon sa usapin na ‘yan,” Coloma added. — Patricia Denise Chiu /LBG, GMA News
