{"id":72131,"date":"2016-03-11T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T07:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=72131"},"modified":"2025-01-14T19:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T00:08:58","slug":"senators-mourn-death-of-former-senate-president-salonga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/11\/senators-mourn-death-of-former-senate-president-salonga\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators mourn death of former Senate President Salonga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former senate president, Jovito R. Salonga.
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MANILA\u2014Senators have joined the nation in mourning the death of former Senate President Jovito Salonga who was considered as champion of democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt is with deep sorrow that I join the entire nation in mourning the passing of former Senate President Jovito R. Salonga,\u201d Senate President Franklin Drilon said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

Drilon described Salonga as veritable democrat, patriot and statesman who was a staunch opposition during the regime of former President Ferdinand Marcos.<\/p>\n

\u201dHe dedicated the best years of his life to fight for the restoration of democracy in our country. He led the post-EDSA Senate with his brand of principled leadership and undying love for the motherland,\u201d Drilon said.<\/p>\n

\u201dHis brilliance and sterling achievements as lawyer and lawmaker held generations of Filipinos in awe. He set the standard for public service by leading a life of honor and integrity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Drilon said Salonga recruited and inducted him into the Liberal Party 15 years ago, drawing inspiration from the man whose service to the Filipino masses remains the golden example \u201cto which we present and even future generations of lawmakers and leaders must strive to emulate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dIt is my honor to belong to the same institution, and same political party, with such a distinguished public servant. Politicians come and go. But only few leave deep footprints on the sands of time like Senator Jovito R. Salonga,\u201d Drilon said.<\/p>\n

Senator Grace Poe, who, like Salonga, topped a senatorial election in 2013 with 20 million votes, described Salonga as the one who galvanized the Filipino people to pursue a path of freedom by fighting Martial Law and by leading the Senate to oust the US military bases in 1991.<\/p>\n

\u201dI grieve with the nation over the demise of former Senate President Jovito Salonga. He has lived through the most tumultuous years in the nation\u2019s history, yet he remained enduring and inspiring positive change,\u201d Poe, a leading presidential candidate in the May 9 elections, said.<\/p>\n

\u201dI will always remember his famous words: \u201cWe cannot and do not deserve freedom unless we are prepared to fight for it, to suffer for it and, if necessary, to die for it.<\/p>\n

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\u201d Let us relive in our deeds his ultimate legacy: the power of freedom,\u201d Poe added.<\/p>\n

Senator Juan Edgardo \u2018Sonny\u2019 Angara described Salonga as an intellectual and political titan.<\/p>\n

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\u201dI was never old enough to vote for former Senate President Jovito Salonga but I\u2019ve read some of his books. An intellectual and political titan, he was the last of that generation of statesmen along with Jose Diokno and Ninoy Aquino. He topped the Senate race thrice, topped the bar after World War II, and one of the few to do postgrad studies at UP, Harvard and Yale. Rest in peace, Senator Salonga,\u201d Angara said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

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Senator Paolo Benigno \u2018Bam\u2019 Aquino IV, whose uncle Agapito \u2018Butz\u2019 Aquino was part of the \u201cMagnificent 12\u201d along with Salonga who voted to end the US military bases, offered also his sincerest condolences and prayers to Salonga\u2019s family and love ones.<\/p>\n

\u201dSen. Jovy Salonga was a brilliant, well-respected statesman. We will remember him fondly as a wise lawmaker and as an ally against oppression and corruption during the Martial Law era,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n

According to reports, Salonga died at 3 p.m. on Thursday after three years of battling Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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