Tuluyan nang namaalam sa mataas na kapulungan ng kongreso si dating senador ngayo’y bagong Department of Foreign Affairs o DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano.
Sa kanyang farewell speech, pinasalamatan ni Cayetano ang kayang mga kapwa senador at staff sa ibinigay na suporta sa kanya.
Humingi rin siya ng paumanhin sa mga nakaalitan niya sa mga nangyaring debate sa senado.
Bilang bagong kalihim ng DFA, tiniyak ni Cayetano na tututukan niya ang kapakanan ng Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW).
“So, I don’t know the right words but this isn’t goodbye maybe for farewell in the meantime, but again, from the bottom of our hearts, from all the Cayetano’s, from my father, my sister, my mom, my wife, my brotehers, sister-in-laws, maraming maraming Salamat po sainyong lahat! We love you and Salamat po sa pagmamahal na binigay ninyo po sa amin. Lastly po, kung meron man akong nasaktan or na-personal sa mga debate, please accept my apologies, I don’t promise not to do it again but this time around I’ll do it as a diplomat so I’ll be much kinder but please also guide me and if I do it, it was not meant to hurt you but it was a spirit of crafting better laws or yung sa paghuhubog ng isang mas magandang Pilipinas. Again, thank you very much everyone! God Bless You! Salamat Mister President”, bahagi ng pahayag ni dating senador ngayo’y bagong DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano.
By Meann Tanbio
