DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 22 (PIA) - - Sincere.
Upright. Honest. Hardworking.
This was how City
Mayor Evelyn T. Uy described Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, who died in a
plane crash on Saturday in the seas off Masbate.
Mayor Uy remembered
the late local government chief as the prime mover of the “seal of good
housekeeping” among local government units (LGUs) in support of President
Aquino’s “Matuwid na Daan” (straight path).
The lady mayor said
she felt sad that Secretary Robredo could no longer see the fruits of his
endeavor in shaping up the LGUS aimed at curbing graft and corruption and
promoting good governance.
Robredo met an
accident after his Cebu engagement when a light plane he was riding crashed in
waters. Only his bodyguard, Chief Insp. Jun Abrasado escaped death when he
wriggled out of the doomed plane and was rescued by fishermen.
Known to be a
doting father, the secretary wanted to be home to tender a blowout for her
youngest daughter, Jillian, who bagged a bronze medal in the recently concluded
international mathematics competition in Singapore.
Mayor Uy considered
Robredo an epitome of a good leader whose dedication to public service has been
founded on honesty, industry, sincerity, excellence and good governance. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zamboanga
del Norte)