President Rodrigo Duterte has slammed human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno and members of the opposition for supposedly resorting to "black propaganda" as the government grapples with solutions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic in the country.

In his public address on Friday night, Duterte said Diokno and his colleagues in the opposition were pouncing on the Covid-19 crisis to gain political advantage for the 2022 elections.

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