PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will call for a special session of Congress for the swift passage of the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act or Bayanihan 2, Malacañang said on Thursday.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd informed him that the Executive branch would ask the Senate and House of Representatives to convene a special session after the details of the proposed stimulus package for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response and recovery efforts have been ironed out.

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