“IT WAS a short but meaningful experience.”

Thus said Mayor Malu Paras Lacson on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, as she gave her final speech as top local chief executive of Magalang town. Her term will end on June 30 after serving for three years.

Lacson had all praises for her constituents, saying “they dreamt big with me.”

“Continue loving yourself. But don’t forget to love the town of Magalang as well,” added Lacson in the dialect.

At the same event on June 11, Lacson and Vice Mayor Norman Lacson gave assistance to 759 poor residents of their town through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Disadvantage/Displaced Workers (TUPAD), Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES), livelihood programs and burial assistance.

In an interview with beneficiaries, they said, “We admire Mayor Lacson for still working and continuing to help despite not having her second term as mayor.”

“We will dearly miss her,” they added.

Lascon said “Politics comes and goes but not public service.” She added that she will be “ready to help anytime.”

“I will just be around,” she said. (Chris Navarro)