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VP DE CASTRO REBUFFS
PERCEPTION OF BEING
UNACCEPTABLE TO PEOPLE
09
June 2005
Vice
President Noli ‘Kabayan’
De Castro rues the way he was pictured him to be a patsy and therefore
‘unacceptable’ to the people and therefore unfit to assume office if
the need
arises.
The
reaction of Vice President De Castro came after what he
believed to be baseless perception of some quarters that he was an
unacceptable
to head the country and was chosen by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
to be
her running mate precisely in order that if they both won, the people
would be
resigned to bear with the incumbent when ‘the cure is worse than the
disease.’
The
Vice President reminded his detractors that together with the
President, he was voted into office by the Filipino people in the last
May 2004
national elections for them to serve until year 2010.
Huwag
naman nating
ipagwalang-bahala ang kapasyahan ng ating mga kababayan na kanilang
ipahiwatig
na ang inyong lingkod ang inihalal na bise-presidente at ako ay hindi
tatalikod
sa akin ding sinumpaang tungkuling ito.
Vice
President De Castro also stressed that the Filipino people
have weighed all factors in their choice of the second highest official
of the
land and must have taken into consideration his track record as a
public
servant, though not in official government position, since he became a
broadcaster up to the time he was elected senator of the Republic in
2001.
The
Vice
President also emphasized that he had, modesty aside, laudable
accomplishments
in the different tasks assigned to him by the President, as follows;
--as
Chair of
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC),
Vice President De Castro was at the helm in relocating the informal
settlers
that would be affected by the rehabilitation of North Railway a project
more
popularly known as the North Rail Transit system. He also ordered the
streamlining and simplification of operations of the key shelter
agencies (KSA) to save on expenses, improve collections and to
deliver quick and responsive service to clients.
--as
the
Presidential adviser for overseas Filipino workers, the Vice President
flew to
Tripoli in Libya last Nov. 26 to 28 where he successfully got the
Libyan
government’s commitment to hire more skilled OFWs. In
the same trip, he was also able to finalize the resumption of RP-Libya
Joint
Committee Meeting and the RP-Libya ‘oil talks’.
--
after
being tasked by the President to monitor and keep prices of basic goods
and
commodities stable in the last Christmas season since he can
effectively
persuade with his communication skills traders and businessmen not to
increases
prices of goods during holiday seasons, the Vice President got in touch
with
then PNP Gen. Eduardo Aglipay in eliminating the
problem of ‘kotong’ cops. General Aglipay immediately
issued a directive deactivating all TMG checkpoints along the highways
in order
to erase any opportunity for corruption to arise.
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