Over 1,300 UP College of Law students, alumni back Robredo for president
MANILA, Philippines — More than 1,300 students and alumni of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law endorsed the presidential candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday.
The 1,308 signatories said this in a statement after stressing the importance of the 2022 elections, at a point where “we are experiencing a crisis of values,” adding that the country cannot afford to elect the wrong leader in the said elections.
“Our failure to make the right choices in the May 2022 elections would mean more suffering for the Filipino people, more oppression and more injustice,” the signatories said.
“Among the candidates for the May 2022 elections, we believe that the right person for the Presidency is Leni Robredo,” they added.
According to the students and alumni, Robredo has shown “compassion, integrity, competence, patriotism and vision to steer our country out of various crises.”
“Leni Robredo provides leadership from the front. This is what we need to climb out of our present predicament. To rebuild our economy, to rework our justice system, to preserve our national patrimony, we need a Leader who inspires. Leni Robredo is that leader,” they further stressed.
The UP Law students and alumni then decried the Marcoses’ potential return to the higher office, adding that to elect former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “eviscerates the Rule of Law we have labored so hard to rebuild.”
“It will institutionalize impunity and unequal application of the law as he himself files a claim for his father’s plundered wealth and continues to resist paying taxes long overdue. And to allow him to reclaim power debases the memory of all who have suffered and died under his family’s rule,” they said.
“For us, alumni and students of UP Law, our conscience and convictions tell us to vote for Leni Robredo, the person who has demonstrated Honor and Excellence, and who possesses unquestioned integrity, competence, patriotism and a vision to uplift all Filipinos, especially those who have been left behind in the margins of society,” they added.
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