Robredo gets support of Deputy Speaker Rodriguez, party
MANILA, Philippines — House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez endorsed Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential candidacy in the May 9 national elections on Sunday.
The Cagayan de Oro Rep. also assured that his family and his party, the Centrist Democratic Party’s (CDP), would support Robredo’s presidential bid.
“Today, I am proud to endorse and declare my full support as well as that of my family’s and my party’s (CDP) support [for] the Presidential candidacy of VP Leni Robredo,” Rodriguez announced in a Twitter post.
“She is the best choice for our country and our children moving forward,” he added.
Today, I am proud to endorse and declare my full support as well as that of my family’s and my party’s (Centrist Democratic Party or CDP) support to the Presidential candidacy of VP Leni Robredo @lenirobredo.
She is the best choice for our country and our children moving forward.— Rufus B. Rodriguez (@RepRufus) March 13, 2022
It can be recalled that Cagayan de Oro Mayor Oscar Moreno also expressed his support for Robredo’s candidacy last year.
READ:‘Leni can unify the people,’ says Cagayan de Oro mayor
Archbishop Jose Cabantan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro also openly expressed support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo.
READ: Cagayan de Oro archbishop backs Robredo: ‘For moral good of country’
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