{"id":58973,"date":"2015-08-13T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T08:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58973"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:17:26","slug":"leni-robredo-urged-to-run-for-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/13\/leni-robredo-urged-to-run-for-vp\/","title":{"rendered":"Leni Robredo urged to run for VP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_58974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58974\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11855677_795610847223252_2742863686317976383_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58974\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11855677_795610847223252_2742863686317976383_n.jpg\" alt=\"Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo (Photo from Robredo's Facebook page)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11855677_795610847223252_2742863686317976383_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11855677_795610847223252_2742863686317976383_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo (Photo from Robredo&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/attyLeniRobredo\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 With Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo repeatedly saying that she does not intend to join the vice-presidential race in next year\u2019s national elections, a movement was launched yesterday, urging the lawmaker to change her mind and consider running for the said post.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLeni Robredo for Vice President Movement\u201d believed that the congresswoman had all the right traits that would enable her to lead a country.<\/p>\n<p>Several former and incumbent government officials and \u201cKaya Natin Movement\u201d (We Can Movement) members were present at the launching held in Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a group of people from different political parties who believe in Congresswoman Leni Robredo. We need a national leader like her,\u201d former Quezon representative Erin Ta\u00f1ada said in a Philippine Star report.<\/p>\n<p>After the launching, the prime movers would then initiate a \u2018sign up day\u2019 for the movement later this month.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cipro online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/cipro.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/cipro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best leaders are the reluctant leaders\u2026 I think Leni here is a blessing like Cory [Aquino] was,\u201d singer-composer Jim Paredes said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite working in the legislative department, Robredo knew how the executive system worked as she served alongside her husband, late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo.<\/p>\n<p>Like her husband, Robredo was simple, genuine and dedicated towards helping Filipinos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>VP or Senator? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robredo\u2019s supporters also encouraged her to run alongside Interior Secretary Manuel \u201cMar\u201d Roxas II\u00a0as the two would \u2018make a perfect pair.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But should Senator Grace Poe accept Roxas\u2019 offer to be his running mate, the movement would then support Robredo in the senatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Senator Grace Poe accepts the invitation to run as Vice President of Secretary Roxas, this group will become the \u2018Leni Robredo for Senator Movement,\u2019\u201d Ta\u00f1ada said in the same report.<\/p>\n<p>But whether it be running for vice president or senator, Robredo believed that it was not yet the right time for her to seek a higher post as she still had plans for Camarines Sur.<\/p>\n<p>She also admitted needing more experience in public service while several other politicians were already well-experienced.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 With Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo repeatedly saying that she does not intend to join the vice-presidential race &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":58974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95,483],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-58973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","category-politics","tag-rewrite","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58973","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=58973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281154,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58973\/revisions\/281154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}