Senator Richard J, Gordon on Tuesday said the Presidential Security Group (PSG) has the right to protect the President but they have to do it within the law.      

Gordon stressed this point as he acknowledged the need for the Senate to know who brought in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)  vaccine used to vaccinate PSG members.         

President Duterte has said he would not allow the PSG to appear before the Senate constituted as a Committee of the Whole which starts its probe on January 11 on the negotiations for the purchase, distribution and eventual inoculation of COVID-19 vaccines.         

Gordon told PSG commander Brigadier General Jesus P. Durante that even if he is the PSG chief, still he is not beyond the law.         

The PSG is silent where the ‘’vaccines’’ came from and who inoculated its members.         

‘’Let's remember that the legislative is a co-equal branch of the government. The Senate can exercise our oversight function,’’ Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, said.       

 ‘’ We need to find out who brought in vaccines used by Presidential Security Group,’’ he added.        

Senators have pointed out that there is a law that mandates the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has to control the inflow of drugs and to analyze their effectiveness before they are to be prescribed for patients.        

But it appears that the supposed COVID-19 drugs did not pass the Bureau of Customs.        

Aside from the PSG , there are reports that 100,000 Chinese workers at Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) chains had been illegally vaccinated.         

Gordon, chairman and CEO of Philippine Red Cross (PRC), said he is in talks with Pfizer, AstraZeneca to procure COVID-19 vaccines, which will be offered to the public through a "Buy 1, Donate 1" scheme.