by Earlie Doriman
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DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo (
May 27, 1958 – August 18, 2012)
Photo: yahoo.com/file photo of DILG Jesse Robredo
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Here is a man who provides us a paradigm of sublime public
service. Honest. Dedicated. Empowered. A rare asset to a democratic government.
A servant who never learned to abuse his political influence. Humble,
Hard-working, and remained steadfast to his commitment to the country until the
end.
Jesse Robredo’s tragic death is a massive loss to the
Aquino’s administration. His competence is a wasted glory of a country which is
always scarce of truthful politicians. He definitely left a vacuum at the Department
of Interior and Local Government, and certainly enough, his demise has an
enormous blow to the encouraging image that the DILG has established during his
leadership, however short. He is an immense loss to the Filipino people.
In my own prayers for his safety and the rest of the plane
crew, I asked God why do people like him has to be taken too soon? Why not the
Arroyo’s? Why not the Ampatuans? Why not the corrupt and unscrupulous? Why
doesn’t the country deserve good leaders like him? Isn’t it too paradoxical?
