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Duterte Pays Final Respects To Miriam Hours Before Burial
October 3rd, 2016 | 07:52 AM | 1297 views
MANILA
President Duterte paid his final respects to the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago at the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral Grotto in Quezon City, hours before her interment yesterday afternoon.
The Chief Executive arrived past 1 a.m. and stayed more than an hour.
Duterte extended his condolences to the former senator’s husband, Narciso Santiago, and relatives.
Santiago was laid to her final resting place at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City in the afternoon.
In a statement released following the death of Santiago last Thursday, the President expressed his deepest condolences and expressed hope that her legacy would “continue to guide this nation.”
“Senator Santiago has left a sterling career in public office. She is best remembered as a graft buster ‘eating death threats for breakfast,’ earning her the Iron Lady of Asia. A constitutionalist, she has always been an advocate for the rule of law,” Duterte said.
“Rest in peace, Madam Senator. May your legacy continue to guide this nation for many years to come,” he added.
Santiago succumbed to cancer on September 29 at the age of 71.
It can be recalled that during the campaign for the May 2016 presidential elections, the public witnessed the mutual admiration between the Duterte and the former senator, especially during the presidential debate.
It was Santiago’s third bid for the presidency and she had said she ran for the youth, noting that she was always No. 1 in youth in campus surveys.
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courtesy of MANILA BULLETIN
by Elena L. Aben
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