Duterte accepts Robredo’s resignation as Cabinet member

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he is accepting the resignation of Vice President Leni Robredo as a Cabinet member, a Malacañang official said.

“I was just with PRRD and this is what he said, ‘It is with a heavy heart that I accept the resignation of Vice President Leni Robredo,’” Communications Secretary Martin Andanar told media.

Robredo on Sunday said she was resigning as a Cabinet member after she was told to “desist from attending all Cabinet meetings.”

READ: Robredo resigns from Duterte Cabinet

In a statement, Robredo said it makes it impossible for her to perform her duties as head of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council.

She also mentioned “a plot to steal the vice presidency.”

“I will not allow the will of the people to be thwarted. I will continue to serve the Filipino family and fulfill their dream for a better life,” she said.

In her formal letter to Duterte, submitted on Monday, she said, “I have exerted all effort to put aside our difference, maintain a professional working relationship, and work effectively despite the constraints because the Filipino people deserve no less.”

“However, your directive for me to ‘desist from attending all Cabinet meetings’ has effectively made it impossible for me to do my job. Remaining in your Cabinet has become untenable.”/rga

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