The National Task Force against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Sec. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., assured the local chief executives of the provincial LGUs of Socsksargen and the city of Gen. Santos of the sufficient volume of Covid-19 vaccine in the coming months.

This was the commitment of Sec. Galvez, also named as the country’s vaccine czar, in a recent meeting with Region XII officials as he led of Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (CODE) Team in their visit to Gen. Santos City. He clarified that the distribution of the vaccines will be ’equitable’ and will not be based on ‘performance’ or how an LGU could speed up its vaccination scheme.

To reinstill the accountabilities of all elective and appointive officers and employees of the local government units and the Department of Interior and Local Government XII, through its Local Regional Resource Center in coordination with the Bantay-Korapsyon Program- PMO conducted the Usapang Legal 2.0: BKP Webinar on Reinforcing Public Accountability for Local Governments and Civil Society Organizations.

In her welcome message, DILG-12 Regional Director (RD) Josephine Cabrido- Leysa CESO III, accentuated the importance of reinforcing and re-echoing public accountability to local elective officials and participative governance with Civil Society Organizations.