10th May 2016
Dear Mar,
I have done my best to undermine your claim to the
Presidency. I will not say sorry for doing the right thing. Doing the right thing
is like love; what we do in its name, we should not apologize for it.
But as Shakespeare might have put it, nothing in your campaign “became [you] like the leaving of it”. As you spoke, you were a few
shades darker and far more notches humbler. I saw a beaten face, by the
elements and the circumstances; you never looked more human in all your years
of public service. I believe if you had only shown this side of yours during
the height of the PNoy Administration, you would have stood a stronger chance
in the waning days of it.
You and the other presidential contenders have shown extraordinary
graciousness in defeat, matched only by the magnanimity in victory of the new
President. On my own behalf I accept your concession, and I wish you good luck
in all your future endeavors.
Yours in public service,
Juan de la Cruz
Filipino
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