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Modest Oath Taking Ceremony For VP Robredo
Only close family members were said to have been invited to the oath taking ceremony of Vice President-elect Leni Robredo.
It is said that she also requested the inauguration committee to include representatives from the sectors whose interests she always fought for. These include poor women, farmers and other disenfranchised people.
“We made sure to invite the people who have been part of the campaign and really supported us – the volunteers and workers who worked tirelessly during the campaign,” Robredo said.
Robredo said that only about 300 people could be accommodated at the Quezon City Reception House in New Manila.
Duterte has decided not to invite Robredo to his inauguration even if it is a tradition that the country’s top two leaders be sworn into office together.
Robredo is said to hold meeting as soon as she assumes office.
“We understand that the Office of the Vice President has very limited resources. We have many advocacies we want to advance and many of these are antipoverty programs,” she said.
“I am happy that many [companies] have expressed a desire to partner with us. In fact, we have initial meetings already and we will spend our first 100 days focusing on this,” she added.
