Poe: I may lack experience but I’m faithful to the people

Senator Grace Poe. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

She may not have enough experience in public service but Sen. Grace Poe said she is faithful to the people.

This was how Poe defended herself on Monday from continued attacks against her supposed lack of experience to lead the  country in case she decides to run for president in 2016.

“Tama ang sinasabi ng iba at sila’y may higit na karanasan. Para sa akin naman, ang aking gusto ay ang aking layunin na mapabuti ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan. Sa tingin ko, malaking hakbang diyan ay kung ang liderato natin ay mas magiging tapat din sa kanilang paninilbihan,” she said in an interview over DZMM  on Monday.

(It’s true that others have more experience. For me, I just want to improve the plight of the people. In my view, the big step is to have leaders who will be sincere in doing public service.)

Poe was not sure though if Vice President Jejomar Binay was  referring to her when the latter spoke about “inexperience and newbies” in government during the launch of the United Nationalist Alliance  (UNA) last July 1.

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Until  now, Poe said  she has not decided  yet whether or  not  to run for president despite  the latest survey, which showed that she was the voters’ top choice for president next year.

But while she has yet to make a decision,  the senator lamented that there are people who are now planning to destroy and  pull her down.

“Minsan, naiisip ko, ito ba ay dapat, ang sakripisyo ba na ito ay kaya ko? Pero kapag naiisip ko naman kung ano ang dapat gawin para sa ating mga kababayan para bumuti ang buhay nila, para masiguro na may katapatan sa gobyerno, lahat tayo ay may kinalaman dito, sa anumang pwesto – pribado man o sa Senado, o kung nasaan po,” she said.

(At times, I wonder if such a situation is right and whether I can bear the sacrifice. But when I think of what should be done to improve the lives of the people, to ensure there is sincerity in government, all of us have a stake in this, no matter what the position–private or the Senate, or wherever we are.) AU

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