MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has urged government workers to maintain transparency, accountability, and integrity in serving the people.
In a speech at Malacañang Palace on Wednesday, the Chief Executive said government workers must remember that the impact of their work does not lie in the recognition or in awards.
“The impact of our work lies in the hearts that we have touched, the communities that we have reached, and the lives that we have changed,” President Marcos said.
He added: “Let us continue to live by our constitutional mandate that public office is a public trust. We should remain transparent, accountable to all our people and to serve them with integrity, loyalty, and efficiency.”
The President also named some initiatives of certain awardees, including the transformation of a 15-hectare abandoned fishpond into an ecopark and the provision of competitive healthcare to persons deprived of liberty.
“Ganyan naman kasi ang ugali ng Pinoy. Talagang alam mo ‘yung sinasabi, akala natin kung minsan dahil hindi naman masyadong nababanggit at napakakumplikado na ng buhay ay ‘yung sinasabi, ang tanging katangian ng Pilipino ay ‘yung nagbabayanihan,” Marcos said.
“And that is where we need leaders such as these awardees to lead the way and to inspire people, to come and to do this work,” the Chief Executive added.
Yesterday, Marcos and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) recognized several government workers for outstanding performance and extraordinary service.
Among the award categories were the Presidential Lingkod Bayan, Outstanding Public Official and Employee Award or Dangal ng Bayan, and the CSC Pagasa Award./PN
