remarks at youth leadership summit

8/14/2019 Remarks at Youth Leadership Summit

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THE YOUTH OF MINDANAO IS ALWAYS UP TO FACE THE

CHALLENGE OF THE DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT OF THIS REGION IN

TERMS OF BELIEF, ETHNICITY AND ORIGIN THUS SYNERGIZING

THESE ELEMENTS IS A TASK WAITING TO BE TOILED BY OUR

FUTURE LEADERS YOU-- YOU ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS.

THE CHALLENGE POSE BEFORE YOU NOW MUST NOT BE

SEEN AS BURDEN LAID UPON YOUR SHOULDERS BUT AS A ROLE

THAT YOU NEED TO PARTAKE AS FILIPINOS. THE CHALLENGE

YOU ARE ABOUT TO FACE IS ENORMOUS BUT I SEE THE VIGOR

IN THE HEART OF EVERY FILIPINO YOUTH TO TAKE THE STAND

AND BE COUNTED. THE TASK OF BRINGING CHANGE IN

PHILIPPINE SOCIETY IS EVEN GREATER.

THE CONFLICT AND PRESSING ISSUES OF PHILIPPINE

SOCIETY WERE THERE ALREADY EVEN BEFORE YOU WEREBORN, EVEN BEFORE I BECAME A LIEUTENANT. DESPITE THIS

UGLY TRUTH WE HAVE STOOD AS A NATION, WE HAVE LIVED AS

PROUD FILIPINOS AND TOGETHER WE HAVE SLOWLY WORKED

OUR WAY TOWARDS THE VISION OF A PEACEFUL AND

DEVELOPED PHILIPPINES.

WITH THE GENIUS OF THE PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHO SAYS WE CANNOT MAKE IT? BUT THE

FOUR CORNERS OF YOUR CLASSROOMS IS NOT THE ONLY

WORLD THAT YOU NEED TO FACE. THAT IS WHY YOUR ARMED

FORCES, REPRESENTED IN THIS PART OF THE REGION BY THE

1ST INFANTRY (TABAK) DIVISION UNDER MY COMMAND AND

MORE PARTICULARLY BY THE 104TH (SULTAN) BRIGADE LED BY

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COL BENNY DE LEON, THE NATIONAL YOUTH COMMISSION AND

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES COLLABORATED IN THIS

PROGRAM YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.

THE LECTURES GIVEN TO YOU BY NO LESS THAN

DISTINGUISHED GOVERNMENT PERSONALITIES TOUCHED ON

IMPORTANT ISSUES SPECIFICALLY GEARED TO IDENTIFY YOUR

INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE AND DEVELOPMENTAL

EFFORTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND OTHER

STAKEHOLDERS IN YOUR RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES.

SPECIFICALLY, OUR OBJECTIVE HERE IS FOR YOU TO REALIZE

YOUR ROLE IN ADVOCATING PEACE, PARTICIPATE IN THE

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS CONCERNING THE YOUTH SECTOR

AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

FROM TIME TO TIME, YOUR ATES AND KUYAS INFUSED

TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO EMPHASIZE TEAM SPIRIT AND

CAMARADERIE. OUR SOLE OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO DEVELOP

TEAMWORK, TOIL AND SPEAK AS ONE IN ADDRESSING

PRESSING ISSUES AND CONCERNS INVOLVING THE YOUTH

SECTOR.

AS WE CULMINATE THIS ACTIVITY, I HOPE THAT EACH ONEOF YOU WILL WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTERNALIZE THE MOST

PRECIOUS VIRTUE THAT THIS SUMMIT HAS IMPARTED ON YOU

LEADERSHIP. AND JUST LIKE THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION, WE

ALWAYS EMPHASIZE LEADING BY EXAMPLE. LEADERSHIP BY

EXAMPLE MEANS WE AS LEADERS MUST DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE MUST WALK THE TALK SO TO SPEAK. WE MUST NOT ONLY

SHOW THE WAY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY LEAD THE WAY. AS

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LEADERS, WE MUST SEE OUR POSITION NOT AS A BADGE OF

ENTITLEMENT THAT GIVES US THE LICENSE TO DO WHAT WE

WANT. INSTEAD, WE MUST SEE THE POSITION ENTRUSTED TO

US AS A CHALLENGE TO PERFORM ACCORDING TO THE

EXPECTATIONS OF THE VERY PEOPLE WE LEAD.

INVARIABLY, LEADERSHIP IS A MORAL CALLING. IT

REQUIRES IN ALL OF US THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF

DECENCY, ETIQUETTE, FAIRNESS AND MORALITY. IT IS NOT

ENOUGH THAT WE REJECT WHAT IS WRONG; WE MUST ALSO

SEEK WAYS TO RECTIFY WHAT IS WRONG WITHIN THE

ACCEPTABLE PARAMETER. WITH THAT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO

RECTIFY WHATEVER WRONGDOINGS YOU HAD IN THE PAST,

AND WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF YOUR PERSONALITY AS

YOU GROW THROUGH THE YEARS TO COME.

AND FINALLY, TO THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR NATION,WE YOUR TATAY, NANAY, ATES AND KUYAS WILL REMAIN TO

BE YOUR PARTNERS FOR GROWTH. EVERY SOLDIER WILL

REMAIN A FRIEND AND MENTOR THAT ALL OF YOU CAN RELY ON

FOR ASSISTANCE. THE TABAK DIVISION AND SULTAN BRIGADE

AFFIRMS THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE YOUTH. WE

WHOLEHEARTEDLY TAKE YOU AS OUR INSPIRATION, INPERFORMING OUR DUTIES WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF

URGENCY, TO CARRY OUT OUR MISSION TO SAFEGUARD OUR

PEOPLE AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO DESTROY OUR

DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE.

BUT WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE. WE NEED THE

CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE

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PARTNERSHIP OF THE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG

GENERATION. WE NEED YOUR INSPIRING SUPPORT IN BRINGING

PEACE IN THIS PART OF MINDANAO. WE NEED YOUR

ASSISTANCE IN SPURRING GROWTH IN OUR RESPECTIVE

COMMUNITIES. WE SHOULD WORK AS A TEAM, AS A FAMILY. WE

MUST SHARE THE SAME VISION OF HAVING A UNITED COUNTRY

WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING THE BENEFITS OF ECONOMIC

PROGRESS DOWN TO OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

I AM SURE THAT AFTER YOUR MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES

HERE, ALL OF YOU ARE ONE WITH US AT TEAM TABAK IN

PUSHING FORWARD 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION-COMMUNITY

PARTNERSHIP TOWARDS A PEACEFUL AND PROGRESSIVE

MINDANAO.

YOU BELONG TO A GENERATION THAT RESORTS TO

NONVIOLENCE AND ADVOCATE PEACEFUL MEANS TO RESOLVECONFLICT. REFUSE TO BE PASSIVE AND DO NOT MISS THE

HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE CONFLICTS TO AN END.

WHAT BETTER STAND THAN PEACE! WHAT BETTER TIME THAN

NOW!

SA MGA PAG-ASA NG BAYAN, SALUDO AKO SA INYO!MARAMING SALAMAT AT MABUHAY KAYO!

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