DAVAO CITY,
June 27 (PIA) Outgoing Davao City Mayor and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte
assured that his governance will be for
the hopeless, helpless and the defenseless, a maxim he borrowed from his
father, Governor Vicente Duterte of the then Empire Davao Province.
“There will
be no corruption. I am hell bent to stop on corruption,” he pointed out.
Duterte said
he no longer wants to see people lining up or sleeping on the pavement at the
Professional Regulations Commission, Department of Foreign Affairs and the
like.
He said these
agencies must provide clients with shopping lists and must explain the process
of securing clearances, licenses and passports, respectively.
Duterte bid
farewell to the city hall employees during Monday’s flag-raising ceremony where
he urged local residents to be considerate of the security protocols being
imposed to ensure his safety.
He explained
that inasmuch as the Presidential Security Group understands his closeness to
the people, they have to strictly follow their mandate to give security to the
life of the president especially under their watch.
“They will
all be demoted if something happens to me,” Duterte stressed.
He said he
prefers to observe low profile even with his entourage and opts not to ride on
presidential vehicles like the Mercedes Benz.
Duterte also
revealed that he told his cabinet members that personal ambition like running
for public office has no place in his administration knowing the possibility
persons with ambition will only use public funds, time and effort to campaign
to win.
“Given that
we are all of the same age, we retire all together,” he said. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
No comments:
Post a Comment