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QC gov't supports renaming 2 roads after late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Published Aug 20, 2023 04:57 am

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and the local government on Sunday, Aug. 20, expressed support to the Senate’s approval of the bill renaming two roads in the city after the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.

"Buong puso po nating sinusuportahan ang hakbang na ito ng Senado na ipangalan kay dating Senador Miriam Defensor-Santiago ang dalawang kalsada ng ating lungsod (We wholeheartedly support this move by the Senate to name two roads in our city after former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago)," Belmonte said.

"Napakalaki pong karangalan para sa ating siyudad na dalhin ang pangalan ng ating senadora na walang takot na lumaban kontra katiwalian at tumayo para sa kapakanan at karapatan ng taumbayan (It is a great honor for our city to carry the name of our senator who fearlessly fought against corruption and stood up for the welfare and rights of the people),” the mayor added.

On Monday, Aug. 14, the Senate approved, on its third and final reading, House Bill 7413 that seeks to rename Agham and BIR Roads in the city to “Senator Miriam P. Defensor-Santiago Avenue," with 22 affirmative votes and zero negative votes or abstention.

The said roads stretch from North Avenue, traversing through Quezon Avenue up to East Avenue.

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The late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago (Senate PRIB Photo)


The measure, authored by Quezon City District 1 Rep. Arjo Atayde, District 4 Rep. Marvin Rillo, and Isabela 1st District Rep. Tonypet Albano, was filed on Dec. 9, 2022, in recognition of the late senator’s remarkable efforts and contributions to the country and Filipinos.

The late senator held various positions in the three branches of the national government (executive, judiciary, and legislative).

Santiago, who was a senator for three terms, served as presiding judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, as commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), and as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) secretary.

“Siya rin ang una nating Asian judge na nahalal sa International Criminal Court, unang Pilipino na napili bilang commissioner para sa International Development Organization at nagsilbi rin bilang Legal Officer ng UN (United Nation) High Commission for Refugees sa Geneva, Switzerland (She is also our first Asian judge to be elected to the International Criminal Court, the first Filipino to be selected as a commissioner for the International Development Organization and also served as the Legal Officer of the UN (United Nations) High Commission for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland),” the mayor said.

Defensor-Santiago also received the Magsaysay Award for Government Service, known as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, in 1988, for her "bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden government agency,” the city government said.

The said award recognizes individuals and organizations in Asia, regardless of race, gender, or religion, for their achievements and contributions in public and government service, journalism, and creative communication arts to address and find solutions for various issues of human development.

“Patunay ang lahat ng kanyang pwestong hinawakan kung gaano siya kagaling. Nararapat lamang na mabigyang-halaga ang kanyang pagiging mahusay na lingkod-bayan( All the positions she held are proof of how good she is. It is only fitting that she be valued as a good public servant)," Belmonte said.

Santiago passed away in September 2016 after a long battle with lung cancer.

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