{"id":77280,"date":"2016-06-14T01:13:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T05:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=77280"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:37:36","slug":"leni-defends-huge-campaign-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/06\/14\/leni-defends-huge-campaign-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Leni defends huge campaign spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_77282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77282\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CkY5VEGUUAASmGm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77282\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CkY5VEGUUAASmGm.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cLooking closely, it would appear I was the most honest in declaring my campaign expenses. Before accepting donations, we were particular against them asking for favors,\u201d the vice president-elect said.<\/p srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CkY5VEGUUAASmGm.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CkY5VEGUUAASmGm-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (Photo: Robredo&#8217;s official Twitter account)&#8221; width=&#8221;720&#8243; height=&#8221;479&#8243; \/><\/a> \u201cLooking closely, it would appear I was the most honest in declaring my campaign expenses. Before accepting donations, we were particular against them asking for favors,\u201d the vice president-elect said. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lenirobredo\" target=\"_blank\">Robredo&#8217;s official Twitter account<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ORMOC CITY, Leyte \u2013 Vice President-elect Leni Robredo defended her campaign expenses worth Php 406 million, which is the biggest among the vice presidential contenders in the recently concluded elections. She also assured that the financial contributions have no strings attached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking closely, it would appear I was the most honest in declaring my campaign expenses. Before accepting donations, we were particular against them asking for favors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy biltricide online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/biltricide.html\">https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/biltricide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Robredo, who was in this city on Saturday, also defended the Php 30.8 million donation of Kris Aquino to her campaign kitty, saying it was the presidential sister\u2019s personal position to support her for which she was within her right to do so, having earned the money herself.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/symbicort-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/symbicort-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe accepted Kris\u2019 contribution on the basis of her clear conscience and with the knowledge that that money was earned from legal means,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Goergina Hernandez made a more detailed explanation in justifying the expense, saying most of the Php 406 million went to TV commercials, which Robredo needed considering she was the least known among the candidates for vice president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing the only candidate for vice president without a national exposure, Leni had to spend on TV commercials to introduce herself extensively and catch up with the competition,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez reiterated the stand of her boss not to use the office of the vice president for horse-trading. \u201cReturning favors won\u2019t be a problem for Leni as her donors made a commitment not to ask anything in return,\u201d she pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez also assured the public that Robredo will not break their trust. \u201cWe appeal to the public not to find fault where there is none as Leni commits to concentrate on serving her constituents especially those who are most in need,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORMOC CITY, Leyte \u2013 Vice President-elect Leni Robredo defended her campaign expenses worth Php 406 million, which is the biggest &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[10348,10123,11218],"class_list":["post-77280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-leni-robredo","tag-robredo","tag-vice-president-elect-leni-robredo","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77280","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=77280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284673,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77280\/revisions\/284673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}