{"id":172125,"date":"2018-07-19T05:45:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T09:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=172125"},"modified":"2018-07-19T05:45:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T09:45:56","slug":"public-appearances-are-for-duterte-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/19\/public-appearances-are-for-duterte-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Public appearances are for Duterte: Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThat’s my job since I started working for (Duterte) even when he was still mayor,\u201d he said in a speech delivered in a mixture of Visayan, Filipino and English. \u201cMy job is to help, to follow up your requests to the President.\u201d (Presidential Photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DIGOS CITY<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go said his public appearances were not aimed at boosting his personality or chances at any elective position.<\/p>\n

Go, who graced the groundbreaking for the PHP170-million new city hall building here on Thursday, said he was only representing President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not interested in running for (senator). For those who have started calling me senator, please, you can call me janitor because my job is all around,\u201d Go said.<\/p>\n

He said when not representing Duterte in public functions, he acts as trouble shooter and \u201cbridge\u201d for those trying to reach the President for any concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s my job since I started working for (Duterte) even when he was still mayor,\u201d he said in a speech delivered in a mixture of Visayan, Filipino and English. \u201cMy job is to help, to follow up your requests to the President.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Joseph Pe\u00f1as said he was a witness to how Go works.<\/p>\n

\u201cI text or call him even at 3 a.m. and he will readily answer. He is very active in following up requests from us, those in the local government units,\u201d Pe\u00f1as said.<\/p>\n

He said Go, who has been Duterte’s trusted aide for about 20 years already, would go the extra mile to satisfy the request of LGUs, such as what he had experienced when he sought assistance for the new city hall project and the adjacent multi-purpose building, which had a separate funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is really hardworking in following up projects that we in the LGUs would seek from Malaca\u00f1ang,\u201d Pe\u00f1as added.<\/p>\n

Go said he works without politics and accommodates those who seek his help.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there are some who are jealous like Trillanes,\u201d he said, referring to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.<\/p>\n

Go said Trillanes had been criticizing him for his public appearances, without realizing that he was only representing the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was invited to Boracay by (Labor Secretary Silvestre) Bello and (Environment Secretary Roy) Cimatu. I accepted it so I can see the progress of Boracay’s rehabilitation and report it to the President,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Go said he did not participate in the distribution of cash cards to the beneficiaries of the government aid during his visit there because he did not want the event to be politicized.<\/p>\n

As to the distribution of some goods to residents, he said it was from the private sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose were given by the private sector, not from me,\u201d Go said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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