Locsin won’t name who dropped the ball on Pfizer vaccine delivery

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Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. won’t tell who dropped the ball on the supposed 10 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine delivery to the Philippines this January.

During the Commission on Appointments’ deliberation on the nomination and ad interim appointment of three Foreign Affairs officials, Senator Panfilo Lacson asked Locsin: “Who dropped the ball?”

Locsin tweeted Tuesday night that someone apparently made a mistake that affected the delivery of Pfizer vaccines.

“I think it’s enough that I really lost my temper because [Ambassador to US] Babe [Romualdez] and I worked really hard, and we don’t like to see our efforts wasted but never mind, I don’t want to lose my temper on Zoom,” Locsin said, responding to Lacson’s query.

“I understand, Mr. Secretary. I had an SMS exchange with Ambassador Romualdez, and you don’t need to tell me because I know now who dropped the ball,” the senator replied.

After claiming that “somebody dropped the ball,” Locsin was asked by GMA News’ Joseph Morong if the Philippines may no longer access Pfizer vaccines.

Locsin, apparently referring to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said: “General Galvez is ordering. He is our savior. Note that he is a general. The generals are getting things done.”

Lacson hints “captain ball” dropped Pfizer vaccine delivery

Meanwhile, Lacson on Wednesday hinted who “dropped the ball” on Pfizer vaccines, adding the “coach” should replace the “captain ball.”

“Mr Secretary, who dropped the ball? We couldn’t care less if he’s your captain ball. Huddle with your coach to replace him immediately. This is one game we can’t lose,” Lacson tweeted.

When asked by GMA News Online to name who he is referring to, Lacson just said: “I think you can figure that out. As I said, he’s the captain ball. He keeps dropping the ball, but he stays in the game. The coach refuses to replace him. Wonder of wonders!”

In April, Lacson insisted that the country will lose its battle against COVID if Health Secretary Francisco Duque III would not resign.

“Ang analogy pa nga ni Senate President, middle of the game, nagkakalat ang captain ball mo. Matatalo tayo sa virus kung ‘yung captain ball na nagdadala ng team medyo ika nga wala sa kondisyon,” he told Dobol B sa News TV.

(Senate President’s analogy is we are in the middle of a game, the captain ball cannot do his job. We will lose against the virus if the captain ball carrying the team is not conditioned.)