Nagpaabot ng pakikiramay si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sa pamilyang naulila ni Deparrment of Migrant Worker Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople.
Sa panayam kay Pangulong Marcos sa Sta. Rosa Laguna, sinabi ng Pangulo na nawalan siya at ang bansa ng isang kaibigan.
Ayon sa Pangulo, malaking kawalan si Ople lalo na sa migrant workers.
“It’s very, very sad news. I have lost a friend, the Philippines lost a friend. Secretary Toots was a special person. With the deep compassion really for the people she had to care for, namely the migrant workers, and she was very very—she’s a big loss,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.
Hanga si Pangulong Marcos sa galing ni Ople.
“Ang galing-galing ni Secretary Toots. She was very much following the tradition of Ka Blas Ople, of excellence, of compassion, it is a great loss for all of us over my friend. It is a great loss to the Philippines for the service we know she could have still rendered,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the passing of DMW Secretary Susan Ople: It's a very very sad news. I have lost a friend. The Philippines has lost a friend. @radyoinqonline pic.twitter.com/kIstNropnv
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“The Philippines now also mourns a great champion for the labour movement in the Philippines. She dedicated her life, in every waking moment, to the welfare of labourers in general and migrant workers in particular. she was tireless in her pursuit to always support and find protection for our worers,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.
Pumanaw si Ople kaninang 1:00 ng hapon.
“There cannot be a better example of the perfect mix of compassion and hard-nosed pragmatism that in Toots. She got many things done in her tears of public service, and all for others, never for herself,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.
“I grieve together with her family and all those who called Toots a friend. Our pryaers are with you,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.