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Aika Robredo believes there's still time to turn tide for mom

Published Apr 4, 2022 04:56 pm

Vice Presidential daughter Aika Robredo on Monday, April 4, went on to personally campaign for her mother’s presidential bid, this time in some parts of Bulacan province, with more than a month before the May 9 elections.

Vice Presidential daughter Aika Robredo holds a house-to-house campaign in San Rafael, Bulacan on Monday, April 4. (Leni People’s Campaign)

Aika, the eldest among the Robredo siblings, expressed confidence that they still have enough time to court more votes in favor of the Vice President.

“Tingin ko (I think) that's still enough time to turn the tide over,” Aika Robredo said during an interview on the “Facts First” program.

“Kumbaga, A-game all out na kami lahat (It’s like we are all A-game, all out),” the younger Robredo added.

Like her mother, she has proven to be a tireless campaigner who recently conducted house-to-house visits in Pangasinan and Quezon City.

On Monday, she went to Bulacan combing through a public market, sewing community, and factory in the towns of San Ildefonso and San Rafael.

While she was in the province, Aika stopped by a mural created by artists on what her mother stands for—LGBTQIA+, women, persons with disability (PWDs), and press freedom.

(Photo of the mural from Aika Robredo’s Twitter post)

“May we elect leaders who recognize the value of a free press, even if it means constantly keeping themselves in check,” Robredo tweeted as she shared photos of the mural.

The Vice President’s daughter also called on Robredo’s supporters or "kakampinks" to join them all the way until election day.

"Panawagan din namin (Our call also) to the others volunteers and to the other supporters na samahan kami at damayan kami (to join and help us) until the end. Iyon lang din ang makakapagpanalo sa ating lahat (That‘s what can win for all of us)," she said.

Aika also underscored the importance of going out of “echo chambers” and personally convince people to choose her mother as the country’s next president.

“That's why nagiging mas (we are becoming more) aggressive iyong push namin (in our push) to do house to house, to talk to people outside our circles dahil tingin ko kung mayroon mang (because we think if there are) adjustments or kung mayroon mang (if there is) time to be more aggressive about strategy or about activities, ito iyon (this is it),” she said.

READ: Robredo family, volunteers take campaign to next level: house-to-house

Aika shared she and her siblings have been doing house-to-house visits since her late father Jesse Robredo was still mayor of Naga City and when her mother ran for congresswoman.

“It’s something na matagal na naming ginagawa. ‘Pag mayor ang tinatakbong posisyon, iyong (we’ve been doing for a long time. If you run for mayor, your) goal mo is maubos mo ang lahat ng barangay sa (to complete all the communities in) house to house. It’s something na komportable kami gawin (that we are comfortable doing),” she explained.

While she considers campaign rallies as the best way to attract huge crowds, Aika said personal encounters with the voters are different, especially now that Filipinos are heavily occupied with social media.

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