Archbishop Villegas: Recovering dignity, decency ‘best tribute’ to Noynoy

The best tribute that Filipinos can give to the late former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is the return of people’s dignity and decency of leaders, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said Saturday (June 26).

“Eulogies have been written and spoken and shared, but the best eulogy tribute that we can pay to our dear President Noy is to bring back, recover, preserve, safeguard and never again to compromise our dignity as a people and the decency of our leaders as servants, not bosses,” Villegas said in his homily during the necrological service for Aquino at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Aquino will be buried after the mass at the Manila Memorial Park inside the tomb where the remains of his parents, former President Corazon Aquino and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr., are laid to rest.

Villegas, a former president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), said it was unfortunate that Aquino had to die at 61 because he still had so much to teach Filipinos about good governance.

He, however, expressed hope that Aquino’s death “will spark another fire” within Filipinos “to resurrect his example of decency and integrity.”

“The sincerest form of tribute to dear President Noy is to relive his life lessons of decency and ethical leadership. Recover honor and dignity in our private and public lives, among us private citizens and among our leaders. His mortal remains are now ashes but his integrity and decency must resurrect through us and in the leaders we choose,” Villegas said.

Aquino died in his sleep at his home in Quezon City on June 24 due to renal disease secondary to diabetes.

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