{"id":62535,"date":"2015-10-06T17:06:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62535"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:06:44","slug":"drilon-denies-lp-pressured-robredo-to-run-for-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/06\/drilon-denies-lp-pressured-robredo-to-run-for-vp\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilon denies LP pressured Robredo to run for VP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Franklin Drilon (Photo by Joseph Vidal\/PRIB via Drilon’s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Senate President Franklin Drilon denied reports that the ruling Liberal Party (LP) pressured Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo into accepting the party\u2019s offer to be their vice-presidential candidate in next year\u2019s national elections.<\/p>\n

Drilon clarified that the only reason why Robredo was hesitant to immediately accept their offer was because her daughters were against it for \u2018fear of the unknown.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi po totoo iyan. Siyempre, ngayon pa lang ay kung anu-anong kasinungalingan ang ibinabatao sa atin<\/em>,\u201d the senator said in an interview over Bombo Radyo, referring to false speculations hurled against the political party.<\/p>\n

(That\u2019s not true. Of course, they are throwing allegations against us this early.)<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya po nagdadalawang-isip noon si Congresswoman Robredo ay dahilan sa kanyang pamilya, at ang hindi po pumapayag ang kanyang mga anak, dahil siyempre,\u2018fear of the unknown.\u2019 Biro mo naman ay bigla at mabigat na responsibilidad itong papasukin ni Congresswoman Leni Robredo, kaya \u2018yung mga kanyang anak ay nag-aalangan<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

(The reason why Congresswoman Robredo was having second thoughts before was because of her family, and the ones who were against it were her children, because of course, \u2018fear of the unknown.\u2019 Congresswoman Leni Robredo will be given a sudden and big responsibility, that\u2019s why her children were reluctant.)<\/p>\n

But after weeks of wooing her and her daughters, Robredo finally made the decision to run as LP\u2019s vice-presidential bid in the coming general elections.<\/p>\n

Qualified for VP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite being a neophyte lawmaker, the Malaca\u00f1ang believed that Robredo\u2019s principles and legislative record proved that she was qualified for the country\u2019s second highest post.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Yung prinsipyo po ni Congresswoman Robredo ay nahahalata naman pong naka-align sa mga prinsipyo ng Pangulo, sa mga prinsipyo ni Mar Roxas, at naka-align din po siya doon sa mga gusto pang itulak \u2018nung dalawa<\/em>,\u201d Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said.<\/p>\n

(Congresswoman Robredo\u2019s principles are aligned with the principles of the President, with the principle of Mar Roxes, and she is also aligned to what the two are pushing for.)<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is also a lawyer at wala hong bahid ang record. Even her legislative record, if you look at the bills that she has filed in Congress in her short \u2013 it\u2019s her first \u2013 term, makikita niyo po na transparency and accountability \u2018yung push ni Congresswoman Leni<\/em>,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

(She is also a lawyer and she doesn\u2019t have a blot in her record. Even her legislative record, if you look at the bills that she filed in Congress in her short \u2013 it\u2019s her first \u2013 term, you can see that Congress is pushing for transparency and accountability.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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