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.
Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo from VPLR Media Bureau) Her spokesperson Barry
(Photo courtesy of Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila Facebook) MANILA - As soon as election results, although unofficial and partial, showed Ferdinand Marcos Jr. way ahead of second-placed Vice President Leni Robredo in the presidential race, calls for academic walkouts and suspension of classes floated. On May 9, the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Student Regent declared on its Facebook page that there will be "no classes under a Marcos presidency" and enjoined students to stage a walk out. Soon after, student councils and colleges of Ateneo de Manila University, Far Eastern University, University of Santo Tomas, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran followed suit, although it wasn't indicated if their decisions to support the UP call was sanctioned by school officials. The Letran student council posted its appeal to school officials to back the suspension of classes but no rep
The Office of Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed its readiness to work with the next administration to make the transition as smooth and orderly as possible.
Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan will meet their supporters in a thanksgiving event at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City on Friday, May 13.
(Image from VP Leni Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez via Twitter) Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez said