FOR a brief moment on Friday, government officials and politicians from across party lines set aside differences to pay their last respects to former president Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino 3rd.

Among those seen at the Church of Gesu at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City were Vice President Maria Leonor 'Leni' Robredo and Sen. Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan from the opposition and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Sen. Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel 3rd from the administration.