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MANILA – Malacañang expressed support for the posthumous awarding of the Quezon Service Cross to Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
Senate urged President Rodrigo Duterte to nominate the late former senator for the recognition.
The Quezon Service Cross, created by then President Manuel Roxas in 1946, is the highest national recognition that can be given to a Filipino citizen.
“The Office of the President welcomes moves to confer the late senator Miriam Santiago the Quezon Service Cross,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said.
Abella said Santiago’s contribution toward nation-building “is beyond question.”
While in Senate, Santiago authored the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, the Data Privacy Act, the Cybercrime Prevention Act, the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act, and the Anti-Bullying Act, among others.
“The President highly respects the lady,” said Abella. “We look forward to receiving the resolution of the Senate.”
In Resolution No. 508, the Senate said Santiago, a native of Iloilo City, should be recognized as an exemplary public servant.
“Miriam Defensor-Santiago dedicated her life to public service through her work in all the branches of government: judicial, executive and legislative,” said Grace Poe, author of the resolution.
“Throughout her 46-year career in the public service, Santiago embodied values that she herself demanded of leaders: academic, professional and moral character,” Poe added./PN
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