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Last Saturday, the plane of DILG Sec. Jesse Robredo crashed in Masbate. Deployed search and rescue teams were deployed but his dead body was found today.
Secretary Robredo was one of the simple and quiet government officials today. what do you admire about him?
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meron naman existing links, videos to prove na medyo composed si sec. robredo sa mga pag sagot ng mga tanong everytime he faces the media. i admire him for that.
malayo naman siya kompara mo sa tatlong itlog na miscommunication group. lalu na yung isang pikon lagi. pero ang daldal naman.
his humility is what i admire the most!
His managerial skills. Competence in running the government is quite rare. Many have good intentions or are good persons but quickly find that governance is overwhelming. Sec Robredo was not just a professional engineer; he also knew how to fine-tune governance.
Ang isa sa hinahangan ko sa ay ang di nya pagpatakbo sa pwesto sa asawa nya ng matapos syang manungkulan ng 19 years!
After 19 years simple pa rin ang pamumuhay nya...malayo sya kay Tupas...may magarang bahay na na pinapatayo hehe
I admire Robredo's dedication to public service and sincere concern for his constituents. What a big loss for the country
napakasimpleng tao.
Farewell Secretary Robredo...
Hindi ka namin nakakalimutan...
Bihira ang taong gobyernong katulad mo....
Salamat sa advocacy mo tungo sa tuwid na daan...
What I admire most with Sec. Robredo is his simplicity, walang kayabangan sa katawan. Second is his competence and reliability under pressure from outside and within maintaining his cool and temper. Third is he never let power get into his head, ika nga "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely" ay walang effect sa kanya.
Matino tong tao na to sabi ng dad ko at mga kaibigan nyang politicians..Sayang sya...
5 reasons why Jesse Robredo is a great loss (or 5 amazing things about him as a politician)
1. He served the people.
And he served especially the least of them, the informal settlers. Despite his middle-class upbringing, Jesse Robredo did not blame the “squatters” for most of society’s ills: the crimes against property (or what Anti-Poverty Commission Undersecretary Jude Esguerra calls the Jean Valjean crimes), the trash, and the floods. He saw them as people trapped in a system that forced them to live as rats, in sewers and sewer-like conditions.
While one Cabinet member talked about “blasting” them away from the danger zones by creeks and waterways at the height of the habagat floodings, Robredo was meeting with them almost every day, hammering out the details of their immediate relocation within the city, following the P50-billion multi-year shelter program that he cobbled together with urban-poor groups and shelter-as-human-right advocates.
2. He shared power.
The nature of power is to amass more power. It is jealous and greedy. Robredo fought the nature of power—and won. How was he not devoured by the system? He invented a better one.
When he was first elected mayor of Naga City, he immediately institutionalized participative democracy, a difficult concept to actualize—even for activists who had used it in slogans and tried to give life to it in “collectives.” He established a system whereby the organized sectors (urban poor, women, labor, elderly, disabled, etc.) were given space in all aspects of governance—from brainstorming to implementation to monitoring to fine-tuning/correcting the plan. Unheard of in politics, especially in feudal Philippines.
While Bayani “BF” Fernando achieved practically the same things for Marikina City—a clean and healthy environment, efficiently delivered public and social services, and international awards, Robredo did not use an iron fist.
3. He was an activist—without claiming to be one.
He acted. He initiated. He made things happen. Solve traffic mess, check. Eliminate jueteng, check. Streamline bureaucracy, check. Plus a host of other things. He was a kindred spirit to many activists who chose to engage the government, find solutions to pressing problems, and make an impact on people’s lives—instead of simply finding fault. In his wholistic approach to governance, he minded that the means is also the end.
4. He is world-class.
His innovations are recognized by his people (those who benefited from his efforts) and by international bodies (those who want to replicate them). These are some of the awards—in a variety of categories—that Naga City received because of what Robredo started:
* Housing Rights Protector Award: Center for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Geneva, Switzerland, City Government of Naga honoured with Housing Rights Protector Award for its exceptional commitment to the human right to adequate housing | December 5, 2007
* Cost Effective (City Category) in the search for Asian Cities and Regions of the Future (for year 2005-2006): Conferred by London-based Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Magazine London, United Kingdom
* Global 107 Best Practices, 2004 Dubai International Awards, i-Governance Program of Naga City (Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment): Conferred by the United Nations - Habitat and the Municipality of Dubai
* Recipient, United Nations Public Service Awards, Application of Information and Technology (ICT) in Local Government: Local eGovernment: Conferred by the United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), United Nations Public Service Day | June 23, 2004
* Recipient, Award for Women-Friendly City, Contest of Gender Responsive Local Government for Asia Pacific: Conferred by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Fukouka, Japan | March 8, 2004
* Recipient, CyberCity Award for Asia-Pacific, For Developing Effective & Efficient Model of Utilizing ICT for promoting good governance: Conferred by Urban Governance Initiative (TUGI), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Finalist, World Habitat 2002, Naga Kaantabay sa Kauswagan Program: Conferred by the Building and Social Foundation and UN-HABITAT, World Habitat Day | Brussels, Belgium
* Finalist, World Habitat 2001, Naga Kaantabay sa Kauswagan Program: Conferred by the United Nations Center for Housing Settlement (UNCHS)
* Acclaimed as one of the Most Improved Cities in Asia: Asiaweek Magazine, November 1999
* Awards Winner, Naga City Participatory Planning Initiatives, 1998 Dubai International Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment,
Municipality of Dubai and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT), Municipality of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* HABITAT II TOP 40 Best Practices, Naga Kaantabay sa Kauswagan Program: United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS), Istanbul, Turkey
5. He is a good and great man.
A unique combination of these traits, he himself required it from those who would join government, only he called them matino at magaling. By all accounts, he was a happy worker. No job is too small for him to do, no dream too big for him to realize.
Last edited by vict0ryliner; Aug 22, 2012 at 11:39 PM.
Prior to his DILG stint, I met him in a mall in cebu with no bodyguards. While his wife leny was window shopping, jesse & I were just talking by the sideline.
Truly a d2earth but confident person who saw no need to project an air - typical of most politicians.
Just like my relative who’s a mayor of another city who tugs along two of his bodyguards – whom I had to feed and provide a room to stay. Schools his children in the US and his wife is now the incumbent mayor.
Sec Jesse is a well bred and principled man. It’s very unfortunate 99% of our govt servants are not.
pumalpak sya sa manila hostage crisis.
masyado naman na exag ng media yung coverage.
Originally Posted by stepehenyan@12
pero hindi pa din matatawaran ang mga nagawa niya especially nung mayor pa siya ng naga!
yung mga police official ang pumalpak dun. lalo na yung head ng swat. sila ang may training. hindi pulis si robredo.
take note also that Robredo had no direct supervision over the PNP. that task was assigned by Abnoynoy to his buddy, DILG Undersecretary Rico Puno. it's the PNP's fault, not Robredo's.
hindi niya sinosuot yung yellow ribbon pin. unlike Butch Abad. parang nasa 2010 campaign pa rin
Ginawa niya ang lahat para makauwi sana agad sa pamilya niya, lalo na sa anak niya. Ang pagiging isang mabuting leader ng bansa ay nagsisimula sa pagiging mabuting ama ng tahanan.
Saludo ako kay Sec. Robredo. At paalam sayo Sir, nanghihinayang lang ako na nakilala kita kung kelan wala ka na.
What I appreciate about him is that Robredo emulated work ethics that made him both a servant and a leader, which are proven by his various achievements and awards.
Many people now see that despite the corrupt government we have, here are a few good men who are willing to serve ... And Robredo earned the respect and admiration for that
Yeah, and to think that his unexpected passing was brought about by his simple desire to see his daughter's medal... he's also a true family man. Once I become a father, I'll definitely emulate him.
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