Going back to development work and alternative lawyering are among the options of Vice President Leni Robredo should she fail to get elected to the country’s top post in the May polls.
Speaking at ANC’s Rundown on Thursday, Jan. 20, the presidential aspirant noted her previous work before she entered politics in 2013.
“Para sa akin (For me), it will not be difficult for me to go back to the life I was leading before my husband died and before I entered politics. That is working very, very closely with the margins. I will still continue with all my advocacies,” she said.
The Vice President added she would also pursue other advocacies related to education and governance if she will be unsuccessful in her presidential bid.
Before she became congresswoman of Camarines Sur in 2013, Robredo was a practicing lawyer who focused on cases involving the marginalized sector.
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Robredo worked as a volunteer lawyer for Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panlegal (SALIGAN), Inc. and with the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO).
She was supposed to be appointed as a regional trial court judge but decided instead to run for Congress after the death of her husband, then Department of the Interior Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo.
In 2016, Robredo ran for vice president and won against former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
“Before kasi ang advocacy ko (my advocacy) is really empowering through legal education, pero siguro ngayon (but now) I will also be heavily involved with education. That is, education and governance. That is actually the main focus of the Jesse M. Robredo Foundation,” she said.