My dream is to fill his slippers, however big it may be, in a way that [Jesse Robredo] would be proud of. I now devote every day of my life to serve the people he loved and the country he believed in with such passion. Nothing quite prepared me more for public service as seeing someone like him in action. The way he rode with garbage truck collectors himself, when he was Mayor, to make sure the task was done right. The way, he would go around in slippers and consult with people on the ground. The way he would make sure to be the first man on the streets and the last man off them during disasters. The way he would find a way to institutionalize policies to make sure they would continue after his term. The way he treated the poor and the once nameless and voiceless by making them partners in governance and development rather than just merely considering them as beneficiaries. Both on the macro and the micro side of governing, Jesse was consistent. Public service was about protecting those who has less, so that they will have more. Everything revolved around that. Atty. Leni Gerona Robredo Jesse Nicky Reynaldo
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:56:50 +0000
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