APPOINTED and elected public officials should emulate the actions of Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte who resigned from his post out of “delicadeza” (a sense of propriety), anti-corruption advocates said Tuesday. Dante Jimenez, chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), said government officials should show the same dignity and respect for public office like what the vice mayor had shown. Vice Mayor Duterte, Jimenez added, was unlike other public officials who, despite having been charged with serious offenses and have pending cases in courts, still cling to their posts. Jimenez, however, declined to give the names of public officials he was referring to but noted that there were a lot of them facing charges in various courts. “The act of Vice Mayor Duterte deserves commendation and emulation bespeaking of being a son of the President of the Republic,” Jimenez said.

Source: Manila Times December 26, 2017 03:11 UTC