Published May 2, 2021, 10:13 AM
Vice President Leni Robredo was absent on Sunday, May 2, on her weekly radio show because of intermittent internet signal in her home in Quezon City, pushing radioman Ely Saludar to call on internet provider PLDT to fix its signal in the area.
Her spokesman, lawyer Barry Gutierrez, instead took over this weekend’s episode of BISErbisyong Leni over dzXL.
“Binabanggit ko, Atty., kasi ang daming nagtatanong kung bakit wala ang ating busy presidente meron problema po sa internet (I was mentioning, Atty., because many are asking why the busy president is not here, she has a problem with the internet),” Saludar, Robredo’s co-host, said.
Vice President Leni Robredo
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In her weekly radio show with broadcaster Ely Saludar, Robredo was reacting to reports that LGUs are having a hard time distributing the P1,000 to P4,000 cash assistance to impoverished households under the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble, which includes the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal, and Laguna.
Some beneficiaries said they have to wait in line for hours to receive their “ayuda.”
“Per LGU, iba-iba ang experience pero, Ka Ely, parang di na tayo natututo. Di na tayo natututo paano aayusin ito kasi last year ganito din naging problema (Per LGU, they have different experience but, Ka Ely, it’s like we did not learn. We did not learn how to fix this because last year, this is also our problem),” Robredo said.
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Speaking on her Sunday radio show with broadcaster Ely Saludar, Vice President Leni Robredo laughed off the question but raised concerns that Duterte’s remarks have been confusing.
“Parang pinanindigan nila for a very long time na walang kinalaman si Presidente sa pag-cancel ng prangkisa kasi Congress lang iyon tapos ngayon, baliktad iyong sinasabi (They stood by what they said for a very long time that the President had nothing to do with the cancellation of the franchise because it’s just Congress (that did it) but now, it’s the other way around),” she said.
“Mahirap, Ka Ely, kasi kino-confirm ang pagduda ng marami dati. Iba sinasabi ng spokesperson sa principal (It’s difficult, Ka Ely, because it is confirming what many have doubted in the past. The spokesperson and principal are saying different things),” Robredo added.
As the 2022 elections approaches, Vice President Leni Robredo underscored Sunday the importance for people who are eligible to vote to register before the registration period ends on Sept. 30.