Philippine Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Gerona Robredo announced on Thursday, October 7, that she is running for president in the 2022 national elections.
“Buong-buo ang loob ko ngayon. Kailangan nating palayain ang ating sarili mula sa kasalukuyang sitwasyon,” she said during a media briefing in her office in Quezon City.
“Lalaban ako, lalaban tayo, inihahain ko ang aking sarili bilang kandidato sa pagka-pangulo sa halalan ng 2022,” said Robredo.
“Malinaw sa lahat ang hamon na kinakaharap natin, nakita na nating lahat ang pagsisinungaling at panggigipit na kayang gawin ng iba para maabot ang mga layunin nila,” she said.
“Nasa kanila ang pera, makinarya, isang buong istrukturang kayang magpalaganap ng anumang kwentong gusto nilang palabasin,” added the vice president.
“Pero hindi kayang tabunan ng kahit anumang ingay ang katotohanan,” she said.
“Kung parehong uri ng pamamahala at pareho ang pagkatao ng mga magwawagi sa araw ng halalan, wala tayong aasahang pagbabago. Dito tayo po-posisyon,” Robredo said.
In a statement, party-list Akbayan expressed its “full support” for Robredo “and commit to mobilize all our democratic socialist and progressive members, partner mass movements and communities to make her our country’s next president.”
“Akbayan stood by her in 2016 when she made her historic ‘one percent to vice president’ journey. We are more than proud to rally behind [Robredo] once again as she seeks the presidency,” said the group.
The party-list said the vice president’s announcement is a “game-changer.”
“Next year’s election is now a battle between democracy’s best defender, and the offspring of past and present dictators,” said the group in the statement.
Earlier this week, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, announced his intention to run for president in next year’s elections.
“The Filipino voters will no longer be forced to settle for less,” said Akbayan. “We now have a real democratic alternative who can stop the continuation of tyranny, win the fight against the pandemic and economic recession, and lead us back safely to the path of democracy.”
This is a developing story
Source: Licas Philippines
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