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Vice President Leni Robredo may have suffered a lopsided defeat to now President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., but true to her word that she doesn’t want to cause further divisiveness, as her camp took it with grace.

The camp of outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo is ready to turn over the Office of the Vice President to the winning vice presidential candidate to ensure a “transition (that is) as smooth and as early as possible.”

Former Senator Paolo Benigno ‘Bam’ Aquino IV, who served as Vice President Leni Robredo’s campaign manager, told supporters on Tuesday, May 10, that this was not the end for the Tropang Angat, and asked them to find the strength to heal, rise, and love others again.

Reports of malfunctioning vote-counting machines (VCMs) and election-related violence raise alarm about the current conduct of the national elections, presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday, May 9.

Vice President Leni Robredo’s choice of venue, Makati City, for her miting de avance was a practical choice for her supporters since it is easily accessible for some one million supporters originally expected to attend.

Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo, has filed a cyber libel case against a Manila-based news organization for the supposed intentional publishing of a defamatory news article against him and the Vice President.

Vice President Leni Robredo and her spokesman Barry Gutierrez will file a case at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Friday, May 6, against online news site journalnews.com.ph for publishing “false statements” against them.

As Vice President Leni Robredo’s campaign gathers momentum, her rivals for the presidency are busy coming up with fake news, her spokesman said as he also denied allegations that their camp is in talks with a communist leader.

Vice President Leni Robredo, on Saturday, April 23, squashed rumors and allegations that exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison is her “adviser” and threatened legal action against those who will post such claims.

Vice President Leni Robredo has no hand in the calls for other presidential candidates to withdraw from the race, her spokesman said on Wednesday, April 20, denying the allegations made by Manila Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso, Senator Panfilo Lacson, and former Defense chief Norberto Gonzales last Easter Sunday.

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, April 11, condemned the circulation of an alleged porn content linked to a member of her family and is studying legal options against those who fabricated them.

There was “no negotiation” in the recent endorsements of political parties and other presidential candidates’ volunteer groups of Vice President Leni Robredo, her spokesman said on Tuesday, April 5, adding that any alliance must be anchored on common principles, values, and vision for the country.

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, March 28, said it is thankful for the outpouring of support from Cavite and Misamis Oriental local officials, stressing the important role that her volunteers played in gaining these crucial endorsements.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should look into the “security breach” in Smarmatic’s servers following the statement of Senator Imee Marcos that its automation polling system has been compromised, the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo said on Thursday, March 17.

While her camp has yet to submit a formal written commitment to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman confirmed on Sunday, March 13, that she will attend all debates organized by the poll body.

Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman and the lead organizer of the sortie in General Trias, Cavite denied that thousands of her supporters were paid to attend the grand rally that drew more than 47,000 people.

Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo appealed anew for the government to suspend excise taxes on fuel products to address ballooning oil prices amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, March 6, asked supporters not to get tired of campaigning for her as allegations of “hakot” system, or the practice of paying off people to attend campaign rallies, went rampant after her Cavite and Bulacan sorties drew thousands of people.