The Nagueños closest to Vice President Leni Robredo paint a picture of a woman whose sense of duty is unparalleled. PHVote PHVoteRobredo WeDecide Read Mara Cepeda's in-depth:
MANILA, Philippines – When she was working at the Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal , Leni Robredo and her fellow lawyers had to travel to Ragay town in Camarines Sur to give a legal seminar to residents of the coastal community.
“Even if she feels physically unstable, if she still could do it, she would do it. That’s really her character,” Borja told Rappler. When Robredo talks about “resibo” – receipts or proof of what she has done – she does not only draw from her experience as vice president and former congresswoman of Camarines Sur’s 3rd District. Much of who Robredo is as a person and the principles she stands for as a public servant were shaped in Naga City.
When she was elected vice president in 2016, Robredo was able to run effective anti-poverty and pandemic relief drives despite the meager budget of her office. Robredo was always the reluctant candidate, never harboring any childhood dreams of becoming president. But she has repeatedly responded to calls for her to step up, from the 2013 congressional race in Camarines Sur to the 2016 vice presidential contest, and now the battle for Malacañang in 2022.
Robredo founded Lakas ng Kababaihan in 1992 and later became president of the Naga City Council for Women from 2008 to 2010. She was also a member of Bantay Familia, an organization working to prevent cases of domestic abuse. In Naga, Robredo took on cases of abused women and children, cases that saw her going against influential figures in her own city.
Robredo followed a strict schedule even after school: she had piano lessons and theater and ballet classes that she always attended on time. Robredo may be quiet, but Borromeo said her friend caught the eye of many of their male school mates then. One even tried to woo both of them using the same love letter, but the two friends easily caught on.
Robredo continues to stay in touch with Borromeo and her USI batch mates. They are now among her most dedicated campaigners, some even traveling across provinces to join house-to-house efforts or to help out in the rallies.
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