Grace Padaca for President!
Instead of focusing today on people fighting over "their commissions" as Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago (a 1998 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee herself) puts it, I like to honor the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service, Gov. Grace Padaca of Isabela:
From the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation website:
Padaca for President!
From the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation website:
Grace Padaca, from the Philippines, for Government Service. She is being recognized for "her empowering voters in the Philippines' Isabela province to reclaim their democratic right to elect leaders of their own choosing, and to contribute as full partners in their own development."
As she pursues her ambitious agenda today, Governor Grace stays in close touch with her constituents. She challenges them to reach beyond their political comfort zones and to "defend what is good in society." She reminds them that the people of Isabela are no longer "the victims of cheaters and opportunists." Her victory is their victory, she says. "I will work everyday to prove that democracy is the better choice."
In electing Grace Padaca to receive the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service, the board of trustees recognizes her empowering voters in the Philippines' Isabela Province to reclaim their democratic right to elect leaders of their own choosing and to contribute as full partners in their own development.
Padaca for President!
transcription by Punzi @ 8:58 AM
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