After the announcement of Vice President Leni Robredo that she would lead the opposition, Liberal Party President and Senator Kiko Pangilinan wrote a series of tweet dedicated to his political ally.
On July 10, Pangilinan praised Vice President Leni Robredo and even labeled her as the leader of the Philippines,.
“Si Vice President Leni Robredo ang chairperson ng Partido Liberal. Siya ang lider ng ating partido. Siya ang lider ng ating bansa.” Pangilinan said in his tweet.
“Ang binubuo nating opposition coalition ay nakasandig sa kanyang pamumunong mapagkalinga, mapagpalaya at nananagot.” he added.
He believes that the Vice President Leni Robredo would be the best person to fight the policies of the Duterte administration.
He even showcased the success of the “Angat Buhay” program of the Office of the Vice President, saying that Robredo already gave P252-M to 155,000 families, an average of 1625 pesos for each family.
“Kahit na walang posisyon sa gabinete, nakahanap siya ng mga katuwang mula sa pribadong sektor upang makapagpaabot ng P252 na milyong halaga ng tulong para sa 155,000 na pamilya sa pamamagitan ng kanyang programang Angat Buhay.” Pangilinan said.
Pangilinan was also saddened by the statements of President Duterte saying that VP Robredo is “incompetent.”
“Nakakalungkot ang mga salitang binitiwan ng Pangulo, lalo na’t hindi totoo ang mga ito, at dahil lalong lumilihis ang mga ito sa mga pangunahing isyu na kinakaharap ng mga Pilipino araw-araw.” he said.
He also listed some of the failures of the Duterte administration according to him.
This tweets of Pangilinan didn’t receive well by the supporters of President Duterte and the Liberal Party President’s posts has been swarmed by criticisms.
Netizen @musicmansaxman challenged Robredo to visit the OFWs around the world to prove that she’s the real leader of the Philippines.
“Leader ng bansa? Puntahan mo mga ofw kagaya ng ginagawa ni DU30 tingnan natin kng may papansin ba sa leader na sinasabi mo!” @musicmansaxman said.
Netizen @randzAlegre said that the Liberal Party is now doing the same strategy that they’ve used to put former President Cory Aquino in Malacanang.
“History repeat itself, LP asked Leni to run just like what happened to Cory when Ninoy died. Hoping filipino will not commit the same mistake. The very loophole of our own constitution is we let these incompetent leaders with incompetent political party run our country.” @randzAlegre remarked.
Netizen @Rhoda Angelica questioned Pangilinan’s “lider ng bansa” label to Vice President , citing the questionable victory of the Robredo in the 2016 elections.
“Sya ang lider ng atng bansa? Bkit presidente b xa? E isa lng nman xang “PRESSUMPTIVE VP”…on doubtful p ang pgkapnalo nya, Wg km utuin nyo. IncompetentVP.” @Rhoda Angelica said.
Netizen @albertsanfelipe also asked Pangilinan why the Liberal Party is busy in trying to destroy the government instead of helping it.
“Sir @kikopangilinan bakit po gusto niyo ng gulo sa bansa natin. Bakit di niyo nalang po tulungan ang ating presidente. Kesa gumagawa kayo ng walang kwentang mga bagay na di nakakatulong sa ating bansa.” @albertsanfelipe told Pangilinan.
@ReyPangilan, @francene_143 and, @GeovaniAMartine also questioned if the Angat Buhay program of Robredo is a real success. He pointed out that it P252-M will only give a little help to 155,000 families.
“250M pesos DIVIDE by 155K na pamilya EQUALS = 1,625.80 Pesos kada Pamilya. So Tulong na iyan pra sa inyo ang 1625.80 Pesos kada pamilya. Araw2x? lingo2x? Monthly? Yearly? Ba yan na tulong? Pki explain nga dahil e-Divide pa yan on the average n 1 family.” @GeovaniAMartine said.
Pangilinan didn’t chose to reply to his critics.
On Tuesday, Robredo announced that she’s going to lead the opposition coalition that would oppose the policies of the Duterte government.
Following the announcement of the Vice President, Duterte said that he’s not going to resign just to give his position to Robredo because he believes that she’s incompetent.
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