VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo said she has not decided yet whether she would run for the presidential post or for Camarines Sur’s gubernatorial position in next year’s elections; saying she would want to fix first her party and its lineup before she would make any decisions.
During her regular radio program on Sunday, the vice president said there are also some organizations, aside from former Camarines Sur Representative Rolando G. Andaya Jr., goading her to run for her home province’s highest post.
“It’s not only him (Andaya), it is one group that is inviting me,” she said.
While Andaya has been convincing Robredo to run again for governor, he had also joined former Defense Secretary Gilberto Eduardo G. Teodoro Jr. during the latter’s travel to Davao City wherein he said he was “accompanying his vice president to meet with his president,” implying a presidential and vice presidential tandem of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Teodoro.
A photo later circulated showing Teodoro, his wife and Andaya with Duterte. Teodoro even had his anti-Covid-19 shot in Davao City.
Robredo said running for Camarines Sur’s gubernatorial post is just an option because she also like its line of work. However, she said she “had other responsibilities.”
“My sense of duty is high. That is why I am saying that my decision will not be based on my personal convenience,” Robredo added.
The vice president disclosed that her supporters have been asking her this early to decide whether she would run for president and carry the flag of the opposition or run for the top provincial post.
“It is hard because if it has to be based only according to what I wanted, I would have decided long time ago. But there are a lot of considerations, lot of considerations,” she said.
“Like now, what I wanted to be pushing up is to have a single candidate for all who is not with the administration. That is what I am working on,” she added.
Robredo said she could only decide to run for governor with “finality” if she had already fixed the problem, adding there are also groups that are convincing her to run for other posts.
But again, she admitted that the post of a governor is “attractive” to her.
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