Concepcion, Tarlac - Sonia Roco, the widow of former Senator and DepEd Secretary Raul Roco and LP senatorial candidate, has renewed her commitment to continue the legacy of her husband. She made this announcement as she embarked on the first day of the campaign together with Liberal Party standard-bearer Noynoy Aquino, VP candidate Mar Roxas and the rest of the LP Senate slate.
“Raul Roco’s last message to every Filipino is to ‘spread the seeds’. The seeds have been sown. We hope that these seeds continue to be nurtured and will now bear meaningful, positive fruits for our famished nation.” Sonia Roco, also called Inang Guro, addressed the crowd in Tarlac, the hometown of Aquinos.
She added that she will continue the legacy left by her husband as a champion of education and reform. “Ang kapakanan ng mga mag-aaral at mga guro ang pangunahing plataporma ni Raul sa huli nyang katungkulan. Ipagpapatuloy natin ang adhikaing maging mulat ang lahat, nagbabasa’t nagsusulat.” (Upholding the welfare of students and teachers has been the foremost platform of Raul in his last stint as a public servant. We will pursue the goal of a conscious and enlightened citizenry. A nation that reads. A nation that writes.)
“I embark on this campaign on the same platform of hope. I will fight for and continue to stand for honest governance, education for all and equal opportunities for everyone, the same ideals which Raul had fought for when he was still alive.” she added.
She ended by re-affirming her belief in the goodness of the Filipino. “This 2010, the Filipino will finally elect a decent leader in the person of Noynoy Aquino. We missed our chances in past elections, we cannot afford to choose a deceitful candidate too desperate to buy his way into the presidency.”
Sonia Roco is the Chairperson of Aksyon Demokratiko, the political party founded by her late husband.
