YEAH, EVERY Juan – and Juana and Juanix to be universally gender-sensitive – knows Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon is President Marcos Jr’s point person for infra, and before that for transportation.
Really in character, as Dizon’s
presidential point-personality merely crossed over from the Duterte
administration where it was in fact birthed and bred: 1) as president-CEO of
the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, the point man for the
development of New Clark City, notably the construction of world-class sports facilities
in time for the 2019 SEA Games – never mind the much-criticized P50-million
“kaldero” used as the cauldron for the Games; and 2) as deputy chief implementer
of the National Task Force Against Covid-19, the point man for the government’s
Test, Trace, and Treat (T3) program, even earning him the moniker “testing
czar.”
So ingrained is this point
persona in Dizon that he has come to channel it in his body language, literally
with the forefinger, whether he is inspecting infra projects, fielding media
questions, or holding meetings with his minions.
Case in point is his recent inspection blitz in Pampanga where Dizon’s finger made a dramatic standout: at the collapsed – for the nth time – slope protection of the Candating flood control project; at the stalled flyover construction project in Angeles City; and at the proposed site for a bypass road connecting NLEX to some barangays in Mabalacat City.
With cleaning DPWH of graft and corruption included in his functions as infrastructure point man, Dizon has naturally assumed the akin persona of finger man, openly demonstrated in Candating when he named three DPWH personnel he suspended for allegedly demanding 8% kickbacks in government projects.
Point person. Finger man. It
serves Dizon, the government, and the people well thus far. That we have to
concede. May he keep it with the right finger.
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