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'H'wag tayong gumaya': Robredo asks supporters to do 'bayanihan', not to put up her streamers
'H'wag tayong gumaya': Robredo asks supporters to do 'bayanihan', not to put up her streamers
While she is thankful for her supporters, Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday appealed to them to do community work instead of putting up posters calling on her to run for president next year.
Robredo, speaking on her weekly radio show, told her supporters to refrain from doing the same practice as those from a rival political camp.
“Huwag na tayo gumastos para lang ipromote ako, i-promote yun pangalan natin. Better na po huwag tayong gumaya sa ginagawa ng iba kasi iba naman iyong paniniwala natin (Let’s not spend to promote me, promote my name. It’s better if we don’t follow what others are doing because we have a different belief),” she said.
The vice president stressed that her followers should divert from traditional politics and focus on what will be good for the country and not for one person alone.
“We want to change how it is. We want to change the things we used to do to be better, especially we are still in a time of crisis,” she added in Filipino.
Robredo repeated her appeal to her supporters in light of the nationwide campaign they conducted over the weekend. They have been supporting her still unsure presidential run in the May 2022 polls.
Some of her followers held a motorcade in Metro Manila, while other groups organized their respective campaigns in Cebu, Negros Island, Bicol, and Central Luzon, among others.
They mobilized for Robredo after tarpaulin streamers urging Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to run as president next year have been seen in various public spots across the country. These bear the words “Run, Sara, Run.”
The lady official expressed her appreciation to her supporters who engaged in humanitarian aid initiatives even as they still maintained that they are supportive of her possible presidential bid.
“Alam ko na hindi ito madali sa inyo dahil sa sitwasyon, pero ginagawa n’yo pa din. Kaya maraming salamat po sa inyo (I know this is not easy for you because of the situation, but you’re still doing it. That’s why thank you very much).”
Despite a push from them, Robredo remained mum about her political plans in 2022. While not outrightly rejecting the possibility of running for the top post, she had previously said that local politics is closer to her heart.