Former senate president and incoming presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile will be skipping the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on June 30 after revealing that he was confined in a hospital due to COVID-19.
"Since three (3) days ago after I entered Makati Med. when I was diagnosed ‘positive’ for COVID virus. I never had any discomfort. No chills. No fever. No headache. No malaise. My body temperature ranges from 36* to 36.8*. My body oxygen ranges from 96 to 99. All my physical vital signs and blood chemistry readings were normal," the 98-year-old lawmaker said in a Facebook post.
According to Enrile, he had already informed the Marcos camp of his condition, saying that he would not be able to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Marcos slated on Thursday at the National Museum.
"I informed the Executive Secretary the Hon. Victor E. Rodriguez, about it and requested him to inform the President and ask him that I be excused from attending the oath taking ceremonies of the President and the Vice President on June 30th at noon because I will still be in the hospital by then to complete the Anti-viral regimen prescribed by my doctors," he added.
The former defense minister of Marcos Jr.’s father, late former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. also addressed his critics and enemies," saying they should not “clap with glee” because he would survive his condition.
"To all my FB friends, critics, and enemies: Please bear with me. I am in the hospital. To my critics and enemies: Do not clap with glee. I am not going to die yet. Far from it. God gave me very good doctors," he said.
"He want(s) me, I humbly think, to stay here for some time more to engage you to help clear and clean up, if possible, your distorted narrative of our history for the benefit of the uninformed innocent people."
