THE ruling Liberal Party’s standard bearer, Manuel Roxas II, on Monday promised that ordinary people need not go to Malacañang for help but may expect Malacañang to go where they are to serve them should he gets elected president in 2016.
“Through your support, if I get elected as your President, you will not be the one to go to Malacañang but Malacañang instead will come to you here in Bogo,” Roxas told residents of Bogo town in Cebu over the weekend in his native “Inilonggo” Bisaya dialect.
“That’s our promise: to bring the government to you so we can help.”
Roxas, in his visit to Cebu, claimed that during his stint as Interior secretary the Yolanda-hit areas were able to undergo a sustainable long-term recovery process.
He said he initiated the DILG-RAY programs to accomplish the reconstruction of totally and partially damaged provincial/city municipal buildings, public markets, civic centers and village infrastructures in the Yolanda-affected areas.
Roxas also promised what he called the continuation and improvement of the reform programs initiated during the Aquino administration, which he said were centered on improving the lives of every Filipino family.
“I will not forget you, I will not abandon you,” Roxas said.
