Current Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo is proving that her detractors are right about her. Even before the recently-concluded Presidential Elections, a lot of people already thought that she is not fit to be Vice President. Her recent statements to the media is not doing much to reverse that impression.
First of all, some people are wondering why she is doing a media blitz at all. She seems to be in the news a lot. If not her regular bus trips going to and from Naga City or her holiday trips overseas, the media would be reporting what she’s wearing to functions. I don’t recall previous Vice Presidents being in the limelight this much. It could have something to do with the fact that both media and Robredo have a lot of time on their hands since President Rodrigo Duterte has not given them much to work with. Or it could be because Robredo seems to be the “darling” of the media at the moment since the latter fell out of favour with Duterte. Either way, nothing significant comes out of her press conferences and media interviews.
During a recent interview with Tina Palma, Robredo said she is confident there was no cheating in the last election despite the claims of her closest rival and former Senator Bongbong Marcos. When asked by Palma what her basis is in being confident there was no cheating, she simply said that she is sure because she did not cheat. But when Palma pointed out that the electoral protest filed by Marcos did not cite her specifically – that it was the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic that were cited in the cheating allegations – her answer was a mixture of naiveté and condescension. She reiterated again that she is confident there was no cheating in the last elections. She added it was not possible since the country now uses an automated system. She also said that she finds it ridiculous that she is the only one who would benefit from the electoral fraud:
“Sigurado kasi ako hindi naman ako nandaya. Pero sigurado din akong walang pandadaya,” she said in an ANC Talkback interview that aired Monday.
“Ako kasi, confident ako na walang pandarayang nagawa kasi automated elections ito. Parang napaka-ridiculous na may pandadayang gagawin tapos ako lang ‘yung makikinabang,” Robredo added.
Those who are protesting the election results – and this includes millions of voters who felt disenfranchised for various reasons like not being able to vote in their precincts – did not say that only Robredo benefited from cheating. Marcos’s electoral protest, if investigated properly, could quite possibly expose cheating on a massive scale. It could prove that votes were also shaved from other candidates to favour the candidates allied with the Liberal Party who were said to have allegedly paid criminal syndicates to tamper with election forms and voting machines. After all, part of the complaint filed by Marcos is alleged pre-shading of votes in Mindanao prior to election. Likewise, some whistle-blowers already confirmed that it is not only Robredo who benefited from electoral fraud:
The whistleblower allegeds that not only Roxas and Robredo benefited from their Quezon operations; Senate President Franklin Drilon who topped the Senate race, along with incoming senators Risa Hontiveros and Leila De Lima also did.
They claimed the votes for Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos were taken and encoded for Robredo. Even Senator Grace Poe and other candidates were allegedly robbed of votes which were also encoded for Roxas.
The whistle-blowers’ claims are not too far-fetched. A lot of people were wondering why Drilon got more votes with 18,607,391 than President Duterte’s 16,600,000 votes. The same people were very surprised that Hontiveros and De Lima won seats in the Senate.
Robredo’s confidence that there was no cheating also highlights her arrogance. Prior to Marcos filing his election protest before Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), Robredo was implying that Marcos was simply making things up to condition the minds of the public to go against her. But now that Marcos has formalised his complaint, she is still quick to dismiss the allegations. Her attitude reveals that she either did not or has not studied the basis of Marcos’s allegations – the mountain of evidence submitted to the PET. Once again, Robredo is proving she lacks foresight. What if the cheating allegations are proven right? She is putting herself in potentially humiliating situation.
Robredo should at least show concern that there are members of the public who think she benefited from electoral fraud. Dismissing them just makes those people angrier. She probably thinks they are just a product of her detractors. That kind of attitude is so Liberal Party – very dismissive of its critics. Well, she is wrong. A lot of people don’t like her because of her attitude towards cheating allegations. They think she doesn’t care that voters are not free to choose who they want to lead the country. They think she doesn’t care that the country’s democracy has become a sham thanks to criminal syndicates who have taken over the voting system. There is even a Facebook page dedicated to mocking Robredo. Her handlers could be protecting her from these facts, but that won’t help her stay grounded in reality.
Apart from her lack of foresight, Robredo’s penchant for being a bad judge of character was evident after her brief courtesy call on Duterte in Malacanang Palace. After weeks of waiting for an invite from Duterte, she decided to invite herself over. She claims she just wants to express her support in person. Sure. We believe her. She does not have a choice but to do so lest she wants to stay out of the loop and further alienate herself from the Duterte government over the next six years. But anyway, after meeting Duterte, this was what Robredo had to say:
‘Yung na-meet ko on Friday saka kanina, malayo na doon sa dati kong nakikita sa TV. Malayo doon sa preconceived notions ko about him. Kasi ‘yung dati parang sound and fury eh, nagmumura, madaling magalit, pinapagalitan ‘yung kung sinong nakaka-get his ire. Pero, Friday, kanina, ibang iba. He was very respectful, malumanay magsalita, mina-Ma’am pa nga ako,” Robredo told ANC.
It goes to show that Robredo did not look beyond the hype and negative propaganda against Duterte during the election campaign. That proves that she does not have very good analytical skills. A smart person would have studied Duterte’s tactics during the campaign and see it for what it is – brutal honesty. Meanwhile, someone like Robredo easily got swayed by warnings of “doom” and “gloom” by bleeding heart “liberals”. After all, she is one of them. She now has to eat her words – words if I remember correctly were “It would be difficult to work with Duterte”. Unfortunately, aside from being a victim of her Liberal Party mates who forced her to run even if she didn’t want to, Robredo has become a victim of her own hubris. Someone needs to knock some sense into her.
Robredo seems to be clueless about a lot of things. In another statement, she said she is not yet familiar with tasks involved in heading a big political party like the Liberal Party. Damn. How can Filipinos expect her to lead the country if she can’t even lead a political party? Robredo seems to be expecting the public to “understand” that she is still “learning” as she goes. This is the kind of stuff that makes progress in the Philippines move in a glacial pace. Filipino politicians run for higher office not knowing what to do when they finally win. God forbid something bad happens to Duterte while Robredo is Vice President. Robredo is simply not fit to replace him especially while she is still “not yet familiar with the tasks involved” in her current post.
In life, things are not always what they seem.
Omg. I officially love you. Your article is so on point. Oo nga naman, how can we expect her to lead a country if she doesn’t even know how to run a political party. And she expects the Filipino people to understand because she’s still learning the ropes of her new role? That’s double damn. Aaaaargh!!
agree! agree!
That makes us two to “officially love” Ilda. Love reading all her blogs.
I love you all!
Thanks for reading and the kind words. 🙂
Double thumbs up, Ilda. Keep it up. No matter what.
Dang, i do hope the electoral protest gets resolved the soonest possible time. It is just soooo hard to trust her. Laylayan, laylayan her foot! Try as she can but she fails to project that she is simple, honest, and intelligent.
To future trolls in this thread, oh well, do your thang (and get slayed) ????
Another clueless and incompetent woman eyeing the position, of the Presidency.
I am confident also, that illegal drugs , are not a problem in our country. Yet, drug dealers and drug traffickers are running around like rats.
We have to investigate thoroughly the Electoral Fraud in 2016. Let the chips fall, where it may. Prosecute those who were directly involved in the electoral cheating. Jail all of them !
One of the causes of this electoral cheating is the: Narco Politics, that Aquino, Mar Roxas, the Liberal Party and their cahoots have protected ! The Philippines is the base of Chekwa (Chinese Triad),Shabu manufacturing , and center of their Shabu distribution !
Had she just sat back and enjoyed the perks of simply getting paid doing nothing, she’d probably be more likable. Instead we have this pretentious poser who’s a true blue TRAPO utilizing the tried and tested “motherhood” sentiments that’s all too-effective to the equally moronic mob that support that type of crap.
BBM just tasted the bitter pill of his dad. Does he now realize what it means to be cheated? What goes around comes around. Robredo’s denial in cheating is not due to her arrogance but because of her being naive. As you have pointed out”Robredo seems to be clueless about a lot of things.”Cheating could have been done without her knowledge. As she said, she still waits hard evidence to be presented for her to acknowledge cheating. Otherwise she sticks to her assumption of a clean election.
An idiotic woman thinks , that way…we do not want another Cory Aquino, or any of the Aquinos. They are Drug Lords and Drug Traffickers protectors. They are destroying our country !
It is not about Marcos , Jr. It is about our country, being the haven of Drug Lords and Drug Traffickers…kick Leni Robredo out.. !
We do not want another Mexico!
Mexicos problems are corruption and rule of law.
The drug cartels are pissed as they have lost 60% of their income since the us legalized marijuana.
So what do u think is mexicos problem?
Or are u just parroting what you heard?
The war on drugs is mexico’s largest problem.
Once again not stating my opinion.
Just stating facts.
Drug Cartels are Mexico’s problem. Have you ever heard of “El Chapo” ? He is a multi billionaire Mexican Drug Lord… he bought Mexican officials, including the Police with his billions of U.S. dollars.
I travel often to Mexico, because of my consulting business. I speak Spanish and other foreign languages fluently.
I am not a parrot, neither I am a YellowTard, who pretend to be well informed…I inform fellow Filipinos of what I see, in my travels to other countries…
@TheVoiceof Reason:
Habla tu Espanol? YellowTard Sinverguenza ! Sal Aqui !
The war on drugs is mexicos problem.
Not the movie u just watched about el chapo and thinking u know a bloody damn thing.
For 7 years the drug wars have bern ongoing in mexico.
What happened 7 years ago to escalate it?
Oh right same thing your president is currently doing.
So i wonder.
Opinions of the common man are that of a child.
No facts, no research done just parotting what they hear.
Here is a quick summary from rebecca gordan.http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175971/tomgram%3A_rebecca_gordon,_it_didn't_work_in_afghanistan,_so_let's_do_it_in_mexico
So it seems the mexico drug war started just how your president is handling this situation now.
Says he does not want another mexico but is handling it in almost the exact same way.
U honestly have no idea of the politics or history involved in a bloody thing.
Also how is being a person pointimg out facts make me a yellow supporter?
Honestly u just make yourself known for what you are.
In every single one of my comments name one single time i have supported any political party?
None of them are fit to manage a bikini bar in Angeles, let alone a country.
Oh and by the way.
I can not stand leni but until it is proven otherwise.
She is the vp.
To claim people that did not vote for duterte should respect him and get behind him but then claim that the same should not be done for the vp is as inconsitent as Dutertes speeches.
I expect no less from peopke who claim to have an opinion about a subject they no little to nothing about.
But movies are great to watch right hayden!
Hilarious.
If she’s 100% confident that she won the election without any cheating involved, why should she be against the request of the accuser for an audit? She should be the first one to say “If you insist my party cheated, then let’s clear the air and investigate.”
But, she and her party don’t even bother entertaining the evidences presented by the accuser. Their actions don’t reflect that of an innocent party. Even before Marcos made a formal filing of the case, they were already dissmissing it and claiming Marcos has no substatial evidence. If i were innocent, I would at least be curious what these evidences are and I would be the one initiating the investigation just to remove all the doubts the people have on me.
@TheVoiceof Reason:
A YellowTard earning a living by being a mouthpiece of Aquino and his cahoots is not worth a dime.
I don’t watch movies…I have no time. I am busy earning a living in the good old U.S.A. I have a lot of Mexican friends. I have seen in my own eyes, the effects of Drug Lords in a country.
Leni Rob redo, the clueless woman is your Vice President. I don’t recognize her as a Vice President. Why not kiss her ass?
What evidences are you talking? They tinkered with the Smartmatic system in the middle of the counting…this invalidate the results of the count ! What a dimwit YellowTard !
So u have an opinion about the philippines but do not live in it?
Yet im the dimwitted one?
Ill say it again in case you are hard of hearing.
The opinion of the common man is not the correct or informed one.
Countless specialists of their field have time and time again told everyone who cares to listen that the war on drugs creates the problems it claims to want to stop.
Im far from dimwitted.
No alas im light years ahead of you in critical thinking which is a shame because in twenty years time my ideas and opinons will be the social norm.
Just because a large majority believe and parrot the same bullshit information of untruths does not make it fact.
A small ammount of research on your part and u will see that.
Unfortunately u, like every other not quiet socially evolved individual follow mob rule and instead of knowing everything about a subject you know little and are manipulated by fear to form the opinions u hear by the majority.
Your need to conform merely holds you back from becoming an enlightened and moral human of this century.
You wish to do nothing else than continue the mistakes of our past and in true idiocracy form repeat them.
The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing but having faith you will succeed.
As for the vote rigging.
If the election was rigged not only the vo but the president are invalidanyone voted in on the past election is invalid.
If one part of the system is corrupt it all is.
So why no one pointing this out?
Only one camp is claimng fraud.
Same camp who’s family has lied, stolen and fraudulently manipulated this country for over thirty years.
Yeah not the greatest source of a conspiracy.
I can not help it reason and facts are polar opposite to you and your opinions.
Im am hard pressed to understand people like you with your claims of yellow tardism when a person with knowledge of a actual sibject points out you are wrong.
I guess ” ill kill you” seems like a good come back to a person like yourself.
Your values are inconsitent with your claim of intellectualism.
U can not reason with the unreasonable and I as the Voice of Reason was well aware of that, but it does not hurt to try.
Though it does give one an immense headache and at times i have to take a step back in utter disbelief of some of the opinions and beliefs of people.
Voice of Reason? More like Voice of TROLLING. Because:
Do you even know what you are talking about? That’s because the Yellow Camp isn’t capable of stopping Duterte with Mar so they set their sights on the VP race, which they succeeded.
And about the camp that is claiming fraud, at least they have a point. There ARE claims of electoral fraud (one of them is my father’s home province of Basilan, where most of my relatives never had the chance to vote because almost all of the ballots are pre-shaded, all in favor of the Liberal Party candidates, including Roxas and Robredo. Of course, the Comelec won’t listen as long as Andres Bautista is the chairman. You connect the dots.
Nice TROLLING, son. Pointing it to the wrong people makes you even more desperate and stupid. Does that make sense?
Please take your TROLLING to somewhere else. There’s no way you’re gonna win arguments here.
You’re pointing at the wrong family, fam. If something that fits into that description, it’s the family who took over the Philippines after 1986. You connect the dots.
In a century where even street kids have smart phones with camera,s, why is it not one of these so called pre-shadded ballots have been seen with video evidence.
I tell you what your evidence is, coconut vine rumor.
E eryone these days has a smart phone.
Are u tellng me not one person, inthe midst of being screwed did not have the mind to film it?
Yeah… Brains, use them pls.
I’m ALREADY using brains while you’re dwelling on your own ignorance:
http://thestandard.com.ph/news/-main-stories/top-stories/206651/-ballots-pre-shaded-to-favor-lp-tandem-.html
In case you don’t notice, my relatives live in Basilan and they told the exact same thing thru my cousin who is living here.
Please, stop embarrassing yourself, fam. Seems your brain is sticking up on your ass.
TheVoiceofHypocrisy:
Too bad you’re missing the point due to your one-sidedness so you’re just resorting to TROLLING and AD HOMINEM, which is sad and pathetic.
You’re frequently exposing your own stupidity, kid.
The pre-shaded ballots are not even coconut vine rumors. There ARE reports everywhere, mostly in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Basilan. You’re not even using brains in the first place due to your one-sided cuckery.
Or maybe you’re too much of a cuck to realize it…
So where is the evidence?
I have heard reports of whole classrooms of people in the philippines being possesed by evil spirits.
Does not make it true though as im smart enough to know this is bullshit.
I have never seen video evidence and ill say again.
Everyone these days has a smart phone…yet no one who claimed there were pre shaded ballot papers thought to record their claims?
Honestly this really is a nation of children.
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence (hitchens)
There has been no evidence just lots of philippine rumor which i take with more than a grain of salt.
Unless u have seen it first hand or seen it with your own eyes i class these ” rumors” in the same boat as wak wak stories.
Everyone has an uncle or an aunt that swears they have seen a wak wak or ghosts.
Honestly, its like have a discussion with a two year old on this site.
I am The Voice of Reason surrounded by a sea of children.
TheVoiceoftheYellowtards:
You’re asking where is the evidence or you’re just shallow? As expected from a closet Yellowtard who’s spouting bullshit in the first place. The article is already there. Or maybe you have no idea that the Comelec didn’t even pay attention due to fact that there is one crook sitting in as chairman. And even the media didn’t even took much notice. You connect the dots.
Thanks for showing me that you’re a troll, son. Interestingly enough, I was just reading a piece about internet trolls the other day. Apparently trolling behavior are caused by sadism, anti-social behavior, immense insecurity, and psychotic tendencies. AFAIK, yours is nothing but red herring, etc.
Lies. They called my cousin and explained him the situation. And they are from Basilan. A day later, that incident came out in the news. So you’re apparently clueless.
Wrong. You’re not making a discussion, you’re just TROLLING in order to SPAM this page and goes crybaby mode.
Truth: you are The Voice of Faggotry surrounded by a sea of flames.
Go figure.
That’s laughable buffoonery. Of course, you’re TROLLING and your refusal to admit it solidifies even more.
REPORTED.
So true.
So true
Wtf has Ferdinand Marcos to do with it? We are talking about Robredo here, so stop your dumb shit already.
How TH can you get. Ms. KSP decided to “invite herself over” to the Palace. And that picture is on the front page of every leading newspaper. Yellow brains lapping it all up. Everybody now 1, 2, 3….. puke! (no that’s not Tagalog ok)
Finally! That’s me alright – yup, WITH the President. In the flesh. Hindi yan Photoshopped ha. Robber-redo is the name; NOT being left out is the game.
Pwede ba akong maka-sit-in man lang sa next Cabinet meeting? By the way, magaling ako magtimpla ng kape – Siempre pa … Walang Lason.
What’s sneaky cat woman’s favorite animal? Ans: the Cheeeeetah
So if she grows spots on her skin – don’t be surprised guys. Fraud until proven Not Guilty.
@zaxx:
Hindi ma solbar ang problema ng bayan, sa pa charmi-charming ni Leni Robredo…she invited herself in Malacanang Palace, to pretend she won the election as Vice President !
Hyden, kulang nalang i-curl niya palad niya sa pix para Aldub-look-alike na. One of these days she’ll hire Photoshop artists (paid with your taxes) to insert her face in Duterte’s cabinet meeting pictures.
She’s really forcing herself IN hard this time. Duterte should cry out “Rape!” He should put in place some ferocious Pittbulls and Great Danes around the Palace to keep this slimy cat woman from infiltrating holy ground.
@zaxx:
Leni Rob redo knows Pres. Duterte is doing good, at the start of his administration. She wants to INSERT herself , as part of that action. From there, she can claim credit… So,she invited herself in Malacanang Palace. People will ignore her, if she will not put a thick face; go directly, where the action is…the YellowTard Media is in tow with her, to feature her in the most positive way in their propaganda machine…
Guys…I gotta tell…ABS-CBN is now called the Mar-Leni Channel and Show…A elitist cum dumbass scumbag narco-benefactor who is always defeated in major elections…and a woman who describes herself as “vice president” but a robber/wolf in sheep’s clothing…
i love this article, this is what we all wanted to say about the fake VP! kudos!
Thanks, Jenny!
Have you guys noticed that she barely adds any intelligent ideas to the provervial plate? She goes on and on about how she was shocked at Duterte’s attitude towards her but as a VP, shouldn’t she be discussing about more serious matters? Like damn woman, we don’t want to hear about how kilig you are towards Duterte. I would’ve loved to hear what her actual (technical) plans are, instead of her sugar-coated promises for the poor. Or at least discuss her ideas on how to help Duterte since that’s what she keeps blabbing about. Maybe if Duterte’s party hear her saying something with substance, they would consider working with her.
During her inaugural speech as VP(?), she forgot to take a chance to thank those “Lugaw, ice cream and nag-bisekleta supporters” just to support her bid as VP, instead, she gave thanks to a woman pawned a ring just to support her. Millions worth of the ring? Damned!
Overconfidence precedes carelessness.
A good article ,for a change. Up Until the ‘Someone needs to knock some sense into her’ sentence. Telling an audience to disrespect and assualt a Vice President of the country is total disrespect and encouraging a felony.
Anyway, Robredo is a product of the sympathy card, well played by the Aquino’s in the past.’Look, my husband died in a plane crash,POOR ME, VOTE FOR POOR ME.’
Filipio’s need not worry about anything bad happening to Duterte because nothing is going to change anyway.If there were going to be changes of any substantial nature the people being gunned down in the streets would not be drug-dealers but rather suspected thieves of the public purse, most notably, politicians that are robbing the treasury blind, fixing gov’t. contracts for friends,fixing the stock market etc etc…but that is not what is happening now is it ?NO,its not.
Jesus. You yellowtards do come in all shades of moronism and stupidity. On her, yes, it’s assault. On you, it’s a favor.
@ HELL, NO YELLOWTURD HERE, NOPE!
I’D SPANK YOU LIKE A RED-HEADED STEPCHILD AT A FAMILY REUION, BUT YOU AND I SHALL NEVER MEET. BELIEVE THAT KID, I’D FUCK YOU UP !
You’re not a Yellowtard. You’re a psychopath.
^Yep, troll confirmed. A psychopath, that is.
Yeah I totally believe you. That’s why it’s amusing to see your rants here hahaha!
No, you are just a few credentials short of a Doctorate to know what you’re talking about.Its obvious that most comments that do not correpsond to the prevailing thoughts of the leader(s) of this blog are either deleted or unable to rebutt what is spewed back at the original comment. Been going on for years, NOTHING CHANGES here or in the country and is ONE reason why there will be no change of any substance in the country.Killing some drug dealers will certainly do nothing to stop the treasury from plunder or gov’t. contracts from being rigged in favor of family business’s, nor correct the speculative nature of the electricity prices that are being manipulated for the direct benefit of the oligarchs that REALLY run the country.Enjoying the highest electricity prices in Asia and possibly the world,eh?
A Fascist Dictatorship could be whats next for the country, it is nowhere near being a democracy and is headed towards Fascism in that big business dictates what the countries politicians do(HINT: A Corporate entity programming the ‘SMART’-matic elections should be a clue!). The stripping away of ‘due process’ from the lower rung members of the society is where it starts (and the ‘massa’ idiotically cheers) and so on until the everyday people turn around and, like the slowly boiled frog, realizes what is happening…but its too late.
Only a true revolt complete with guillotine for the thieving weasels will produce any real change in the country, until then, ENJOY the poverty that is choking the life out of the people.
@SO WHAT ?
Oh dear…it was a figure of speech. It’s disappointing that you took “knock some sense into her…” too literally.
You are just grasping at straws. You can look up the meaning of that one.
No, not at all. Grasping ? LOL, you make me laugh.
Philippines is in a worst state of idiotocracy (?) & stupidity. When that Smartmatic tech guy tinkered with the Transparency server while the results were being electronically transmitted in PPCRV, in IT practice that nullifies all the counting & violates data security & integrity. Nothing more, nothing less. That action was outright hacking resulting to electoral sabotage. Period
IF that happened, the elections should be annulled.
Sorry guys, looks like the party’s over… time to bow to your new Yellow queen.
Duterte appoints Robredo as HUDCC chief
My question to Du30: WHY?
Looks like the “darling of the media” is here to stay -> to fill the headline news each day. Better get used to that gloating smile. At least GRP will have someone to grill in place of the apathetic Yellow grinning boy.
She will use this as a platform to get more media coverage. Finally the master-plan to totally eclipse BBM and MOVE ON is all working in her favor.
It’s true – kahinaan nga ni Du30 ang babae. Konting pa-charming lang, nadala na sa isang “FRAUD until proven NOT GUILTY.”
Try not to get infected Mr. President, cheating can be contagious.
Anyway, looks like kapal-ng-muuuks (over-confidence) pays off – as in handsomely. Only in the Philippines.
LOL! that post is nothing. is she the architect, engineer, etc. look at noli de castro and j binay. her first assignment will be at Tacloban lol!
Great article Ilda, good insights, and well-written.
VP Leni Robredo is indeed naive, condescending, lacks foresight and definitely not prepared to take on the responsibility of replacing President Rodrigo Duterte.
Thanks, Carlo!
What do you expect from a typical Pinay….what more a Bicolana ! She has the magayot syndrome…a trait of a bicolana eating hot chili pepper that make them too much hot and makati in their woman self …feel running away with wolves….but pretending weak and innocent…but too work up inside ! lol
I couldn’t agree more
What happened to the failed Bonifacio day revolution
The voice of stupidity…..stop embarassing yerself..