The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, March 11, chided Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque for saying she was politicking and already campaigning for the May 22 presidential elections.
In a Twitter message, Robredo’s spokesman Ibarra Gutierrez posted screenshots of news reports about administration officials’ purported political agenda for the upcoming elections.
He cited the reported public endorsement by President Duterte on his longtime aide and now Senator Bong Go to be his successor when he steps down next year.
He also cited Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s tarpaulins and streamers urging her to run as president next year that hang in several key cities in the country. These bear the words “Run, Sara, Run.”
Gutierrez also didn’t spare his counterpart in Malacañang for his last year’s attendance at a public event in Bantayan Island in Cebu. He has gone to different tourists spots, which has been perceived by his critics as early campaigning for his Senate bid, even at the height of the lockdown restrictions.
“Sino nga ulit ang namumulitika at nangangampanya sa gitna ng pandemya? Lantarang lokohan na ito eh (Who is again politicking and campaigning in the middle of the pandemic? This is a glaring deception),” Gutierrez wrote.
Gutierrez made the Twitter post in response to Thursday’s remark by Roque who accused the vice president of campaigning for her presidential bid in 2022.
“Hindi namin siya pinag-aaksayahan ng panahon. Tuloy po ang aming mga pagtatrabaho samantalang si VP Leni po ay namumulitika at nangangampanya na para maging president sa pamamagitan po ng kaniyang walang tigil na birada sa administrasyon (We don’t waste our time on her. We continue working while VP Leni is politicking and already campaigning to become president through her relentless attacks on the administration),” Roque said.