Vice President-elect Leni Robredo thanks her peers and supporters after her proclamation. RICHARD A. REYES/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
VICE PRESIDENT Leni Robredo will attend her first Cabinet meeting today at Malacañang and meet her new colleagues.
Over the weekend, Robredo studied and prepared for the meeting, according to her spokesperson, Georgina Hernandez.
Hernandez said in a statement that Robredo had an initial briefing with officials from the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) on Friday night.
President Duterte last week appointed Robredo, who belongs to the rival Liberal Party, to head the HUDCC, effectively giving her a Cabinet position after initially declaring that he was not doing so because he did not want to hurt the feelings of his friend, losing vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
“She was given a packet of documents to study and prepare for her first Cabinet meeting.
“As it is her first meeting, her initial aim is to get up to speed with the policy and work priorities of the administration,” Hernandez said.
She added that Robredo “is also looking forward to get to know and work with the other Cabinet members.”
Robredo had thanked Mr. Duterte for giving her the housing portfolio, saying it would give her a bigger opportunity to serve the marginalized sectors in society. Nikko Dizon