DILG to focus on anti-criminality, terrorism, COVID-19 response, disaster preparedness and full devolution in the next six months
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has assured that the campaign against criminality and terrorism, COVID-19 response, and disaster preparedness will be its top priorities in the remaining months of the Duterte administration.
It also commits to assist local government units (LGUs) in the transition to full devolution.
During the DILG’s first flag raising ceremony for the year, Secretary Eduardo M. Año said the next six months will be telling of how strongly the department has been able to lay the cornerstones of peace and order, public safety, and good governance as a result of its various initiatives against illegal drugs, criminality, insurgency, and terrorism.
Año said the support of civil society organizations and the citizenry will be crucial in these efforts like in the past years as this led to more drug-cleared, communist-free, and safer barangays nationwide.
“Kaya naman kailangan nating ipagpatuloy at pagtibayin ang pundasyon ng mga programa para panatilihing ligtas at malaya ang mga komunidad na ito. Let us ensure public order will be maintained and guide our attached and partner agencies in sustaining the gains we have attained thus far,” he said.
At the same time, the DILG chief assured that amid their good local governance and peace and order initiatives, the battle against COVID-19 remains a top priority.
He said they will continue to push local government units to ramp up their vaccination efforts to the rest of the population, including giving booster shots, and getting ready for the vaccination of children aged 5-11 years old.
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