{"id":170410,"date":"2018-07-11T02:21:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T06:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170410"},"modified":"2018-07-11T02:21:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T06:21:59","slug":"palace-unfazed-by-robredo-pronouncement-to-unite-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/11\/palace-unfazed-by-robredo-pronouncement-to-unite-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace unfazed by Robredo pronouncement to \u2018unite\u2019 opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158599\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leni-Robredo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158599\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leni-Robredo.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cVice President Leni Robredo\u2019s decision to lead the opposition movement against the Duterte administration is hardly surprising,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.(Photo: VP Leni Robredo\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leni-Robredo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leni-Robredo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leni-Robredo-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cVice President Leni Robredo\u2019s decision to lead the opposition movement against the Duterte administration is hardly surprising,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.(<a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/VPLeniRobredoPH\/photos\/a.1590390024411993.1073742129.283945495056459\/1590390157745313\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Photo: VP Leni Robredo\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; A move by Vice President Leni Robredo to unite and lead the opposition is hardly surprising, Malaca\u00f1ang said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVice President Leni Robredo\u2019s decision to lead the opposition movement against the Duterte administration is hardly surprising,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, she is the highest elected member of the opposition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Robredo ran as vice president of former President Benigno Aquino III\u2019s presidential bet Mar Roxas in the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n<p>She reportedly claimed that several opposition groups have asked her to unite and lead the opposition, less than a year before the 2019 mid-term elections.<\/p>\n<p>Roque expressed hope that the opposition movement under Robredo would promote high level of conversation and provide alternative solutions to solve the longstanding problems of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Palace believes that an active opposition has a vital role to play in a healthy, well-functioning democracy,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving said this, we expect that the opposition movement would not only promote responsible and constructive debate to push the national conversation to a higher level of political maturity but also present to our people a viable alternative platform of government to address the longstanding problems of the nation,\u201d he said, adding that the Filipino people \u201cdeserve no less\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Robredo as head of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) in July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Robredo, however, eventually stepped down six months later due to \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A move by Vice President Leni Robredo to unite and lead the opposition is hardly surprising, Malaca\u00f1ang said Tuesday. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":158599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[15460],"class_list":["post-170410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-vice-president-leni-robredo","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}