Image from Leni Robredo’s official Facebook page - As the vice presidential race tightens, LP vice presidential bet Leni Robredo denies allegations of cheating and supposed plan to impeach presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte
- With 93% of votes tallied, Robredo leads the VP polls by a slim margin against rival, Senator Bongbong Marcos
- Robredo called the allegations “unfair” and asks everyone to remain calm
Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo rebuts election fraud claims and the so-called “Plan B” of the administrative party to impeach presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte in a press conference on Tuesday, May 10. With 93% of votes already tallied, Robredo is currently leading the vice presidential polls, but only by a hairline.
As the vice presidential race tightens, Robredo asked close rival, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., and his camp to stop “unfair” allegations of cheating, as cited in an article published by Rappler on May 10, 2016.
“Ngayon po hindi pa tapos ang bilangan. ‘Di po tayo nagsasabi na tayo ay panalo na, hindi po tayo magsasabi na nandadaya ang iba, hindi po tayo magsasabi na talo na… pero ‘yung hinihingi lang po natin, sana po huminahon tayo. Hintayin natin ang official na count ng Comelec. At kung ano man ang labas nito, sana respetuhin natin,” Robredo said
[The counting is not yet over. We are not saying we have won, we won’t be saying that others have cheated, nor will we say we’ve lost. But what we are asking is for everyone to stay calm. Let’s wait for the official Comelec count. And whatever the result is, let us respect it.]
As mentioned in an article by ABS-CBN News, Robredo reportedly said it is unfair to throw such accusations and she also stressed that her camp never accused Marcos of cheating the whole time he was leading the pre-election surveys.
“Kasi I think napaka-unfair na accusation na sinasabing nandadaya nang hindi mo naman sinu-substantiate. Kasi ang dali lang sabihin eh, ang dali lang sabihin na nandadaya,” Robredo said.
[I think it’s a very unfair accusation to insinuate that we’re cheating without substantiating it. Because it’s so easy to say, so easy to say there’s cheating.]
Robredo insisted that there is no truth in the ‘supposed’ plan of the administrative party to impeach Duterte and to turn over the power to her should she win the race. On that note, Robredo also said she is ready to give her full support to Duterte for the good of the Philippines.
Watch her full statement below:
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