Tulfo: PBBM doing an excellent job
Published Jul 11, 2023 05:00 am
Senator Raffy Tulfo has given President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. an excellent rating for his first year in office.
“He is doing an excellent job,” Tulfo replied to a Senate media query on how he rates President Marcos’ performance ahead of his scheduled July 24 second State of the Nation address (SONA).
Tulfo praised the President for securing a lot of commitment and investment pledges, and gaining possible investors that are beneficial for the country’s economy and would create many jobs for Filipinos, during his foreign trips.
He said is positive that these investment pledges would benefit the country and the Filipinos in the long run, and that his upcoming SONA would give the President an opportunity to make known to the public the extent of his commitment borne from his diplomatic trips abroad.
Tulfo also took note of President Marcos’ good qualities as a leader, saying that the President does not blame his predecessor for the problems he inherited from previous administration unlike other leaders before him, and that the President knows how to move forward by not holding grudges against his political rivals.
He, likewise, lauded the President for prioritizing the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), saying, “buhos ang suporta ni BBM para sa mga kababayan nating OFW (President has given his full support to our OFWs).’’
In highlighting President Marcos’ support for OFWs, Tulfo recognized the President for the recent pardon of three convicted OFW in the United Arab Emirates, two of whom are in death row.
President Marcos was the one who appealed to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the freedom of three convicted OFW through two letters sent in late April.