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Vice President Lenny Robredo.
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MANILA, Philippines – While Vice President Leni Robredo has denied claims that she has been bringing the media to her events as relief operations, she admitted that her team has been documenting her activities for an important reason.
According to Robredo, it is a way of showing where the donations made by his private partners and ordinary citizens went, since his office operates mainly with funds from the private sector.
On Friday, on One News’ The Chiefs program, the Vice President was asked to react to Secretary Salvador Panelo’s comments that the Office of the Vice President is making it appear that she is doing more than the national government, a mindset that Robredo called “unfortunate.” . “
“If I was spending my own money, I don’t have to be very transparent about it, it’s just my responsibility. But y’all know I’m spending private money […] and these people who donate to us do so because they realize what we do on social networks, “he explained.
(If I was spending my own money, I don’t have to be very transparent about it, the responsibility remains with me. But everyone knows that I am spending private money and our donors only donate goods only because they realize what we are doing on the networks social).
“We do not have the means to follow us, but for us, we document everything because our only currency in what we are doing is trust. We need to show our donors that we spend their money based on their intentions when they donate, ”he added.
Due to a limited budget, donations have been the main source of funding for the Robredo Vice President’s Office (OVP). According to Kaya Natin, a foundation that partners with OVP, they have collected donations worth P55.30 million as of Friday.
The OVP photo documentation and donations system was put in place even before the typhoons hit, as it was the same setup used to accumulate donations for the COVID-19 response from hospitals.
Robredo has been receiving criticism from administration supporters and even President Rodrigo Duterte himself for allegedly grandstanding when immense floods affected areas in the Cagayan valley after Typhoon Ulises filled the Magat dam.
As social media erupted with ransom requests in the Cagayan Valley, and pleas for help as the country’s media focused on the destruction in Marikina and Rizal province, Robredo once again turned his social media page into a place. where people can send their distress calls.
Robredo said he formed a team to coordinate with the military and rescuers, but Duterte looked at him as if the vice president was trying to order the armed forces.
Panelo initially admonished Robredo for allegedly taking advantage of the government, going with the planes carrying the government relief items and making it appear that she was responsible for it.
Robredo labeled them as false information, as he never traveled on a military plane after Super Typhoon Rolly and the Ulysses attack. Panelo and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana have apologized for the confusion, as it was Robredo’s relief items, and not the vice president, who were traveling on the C-130 planes.
But Robredo stressed again that they do not compete with the government and President Duterte.
“It is very important for us to have everything well documented, even if I am not involved in operations, we are documenting it and we are posting it on Facebook. […] Why do they seem to be watching us compete? ” she asked.
(It is very important to us that they are well documented, even if I am not with them during operations, we are documenting and posting them on Facebook. Why do they see it as some kind of competition?)
JPV
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