“I will never quit, I will never stop, I will never withdraw!” – Senator Miriam Santiago
“I have not allowed my words to overcome my deeds.” People’s Reform Party standard bearer Senator Miriam Santiago quoted during her closing statement at the recent Pilipinas Debate 2016 round 3, hosted by ABS-CBN.
She might not be everyone’s bet for this coming 2016 Presidential election, but Senator Miriam Santiago is definitely and clearly not like all the rest of them. Admit it or not, we cannot imagine the Philippine government without her.
No doubt, Senator Miriam Santiago has the moral courage and intellectual capacity to obliterate the culture of crime and corruption in the Philippines. She is intellectual superior among others and her academic record speaks of it.
Her excellent and reputable records here and outside the country attest to it. Her wit is one of her swords in the Philippine politics. She is brave… and she told the media once, “I eat d3ath threats for breakfast”. With just one look, her ability to identify a person if he or she is corrupt is beyond.
Her struggles in life even made her stronger as a person, as a mother, and as a Filipino citizen. Not new to us all, she suffered from a stage 4 Canc3r but it never hinders her to run from the office, as she quoted to her speech, “I am now normal. I can think. I can act. And I can pray…” she even added, “I will never quit, I will never stop, I will never withdraw!”
Her fighting spirit is unlike others, and this is one of the most celebrated parodies in the Philippine politics, that is why she was merited as the “tiger lady of Asia” and even called as the “Iron lady of Asia.”
And as observed by many, of all those presidential candidates, Senator Miriam Santiago doesn’t have any dirty issues aside from her health.
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At the end of the day, it is our responsibility, it is our duty as Filipino to people who we are going to put to lead for the betterment of our country. God Bless Philippines!
The spirit is willing,
But the flesh is weak.