Leni Robredo to run for Congress seat–reports

Leni Robredo. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, widow of the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, is running for a seat in Congress.

Robredo has decided to represent the third district of Camarines Sur under the Liberal Party, the same party of her late husband, and is now on her way to file her certificate of candidacy, according to television reports.

She has been urged to compete with the wife of Camarines Sur Representative Luis Villafuerte Sr., who will be running for governor after his third term as congressman.

There has been a lot of talk of the administration party asking Robredo to run for the 2013 midterm elections but Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said that the widow of the former Department of Interior and Local Government chief showed interest in politics.

Robredo has recently been assigned as chief of the LP in Camarines Sur.