A PDP-Laban official just, well, officially endorsed Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential candidacy on Monday in the upcoming May elections.
In a statement, Eastern Samar governor and PDP-Laban Visayas vice president Ben Evardone confirmed that he was backing Robredo’s bid based on what he believed was President Rodrigo Duterte’s “virtual endorsement” — referring to Duterte’s comments with the Quiboloy-owned SMNI network where he said that the next president should be “a compassionate lawyer.”
“For me and for millions of Filipinos, there is only one decisive and compassionate lawyer among those aspiring to be president and she is VP Leni,” Evardone said in a statement.
“She’s the only one who can hurdle President Duterte’s standard for his successor,” the Eastern Samar governor added.
Evardone cited Robredo’s consistency in her pro-poor programs and advocacies.
“She has gone to far-flung barangays in the country to deliver services and listen to the cry of the marginalized sectors of our society,” Evardone said.
Duterte belongs to the PDP-Laban party. Its sitting party president, Manny Pacquiao, is also gunning for the presidency.
While the PDP-Laban has officially backed Sara Duterte’s bid for the vice presidency, the party has not announced a standard-bearer.
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