De Jesus: “Servants shouldn’t be materialistic”

By: James Sebastian Bendijo

Yesterday at the Loyalty Awards, Dr. Mariano De Jesus, President of Bulacan State University honored long-tenured members of the university while sending a message on what it really means to become loyal.

Addressing the issue concerning the incentive issue, De Jesus insisted that he would not be able to give incentives to part-timers this year unlike his first six years in his tenure as President.

On his speech, even though he is willing to give incentives to all of the servants of BulSU, by virtue of law, it won’t be possible. But he stressed that incentives should not be the reason why they serve the university.

“Yung pong mga part-timers, I hope you are not loyal because of the money equivalent of your services,” said De Jesus.

“Ang gusto ko lang po makita sa inyo ay yung loyalty hindi sa mga bagay na material kundi yung loyalty sa satisfaction because you are serving the people,” added De Jesus.

He thanked the loyalty awardees for staying loyal to the university while not thinking for their own materialistic need. According to him, that truly is the meaning of true loyalty.

He also apologized for he had to discuss that matter in front of his long-tenured faculty.

“Appropriate ba na i-discuss ko ngayon, with the presence of our retirees, sabi nila there’s nothing wrong, kasi ngayon lang tayo magkakasama ng buong-buo na halos 100 percent ang attendance ng ating faculty at personnel,” stated De Jesus.

For his last message, De Jesus stated, “I hope that you will be loyal to the university kamukha ng ipinakita kong loyalty for the past 44 years of my life sa university.”