The Quezon Service Cross, the highest recognition that the government can give to Filipino citizens, is the most fitting tribute to the late former Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago for her “legacy of dedicated, outstanding and selfless” service to Filipinos, Sen. Grace Poe said on Monday.

Barely a year after Santiago’s death, Poe filed Senate Resolution 508 urging President Rodrigo Duterte to nominate the highly esteemed constitutional and international law expert, author, professor and mother for conferment of the award, posthumously.