Before the calamity -"we have competent LGUs and I will only bother them if I go to the ground". After the calamity - "why are there too many casualties? Are the LGUs incompetent?"
He is the head of the state what do u want him to do go to every place that was affected by the calamity? His duty is to govern the country by using the power bestowed by him. Therefore he will just give an order to the LGU's to do their job.