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| Vice President Leni Robredo / photo from Inquirer |
Vice President Leni Robredo has denied false news that she
will step down from her post if none of the Otso Diretso senatorial candidates
make it to the winning circle of the latest senatorial elections.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Robredo shared a screen
shot of a fake quote credited to her, which said: “If no one among the Otso
Diretso will win the election, I will step down as Vice President.”
“Let’s continue fighting fake news,” Robredo’s caption said
The vice president also belied the same news on Twitter,
saying it is not true as she encourages people to report peddlers of fake news,
putting a flag emoji in it.
“Not true. Let’s continue fighting disinformation. Report peddlers of fake news,” she also said in a tweet
“Not true. Let’s continue fighting disinformation. Report peddlers of fake news,” she also said in a tweet
According to the latest Halalan results of ABS CBN, none
from the opposition senatorial candidates broke into the winning circle.
Reelectionist Senator Bam Aquino was the closest to winning
spot who ranked 14th with 13,913,971 votes, while former Interior
Secretary Mar Roxas was in 16th place with 9,680,463 votes.
Robredo, as the chairperson of the Liberal Party, was one of
the busiest figures who campaigned for the Otso Diretso slate.
Meanwhile, human rights lawyer landed on the 21st
place, Magdalo Party-list Rep. GaryAlejano on 23rd, Marawi City
civic leader Samira Gutoc, 25th; election lawyer Romy Macalintal, 26th; former
Quezon Rep. Erin Tañada, 27th and former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay ranked
29th.
Source: Cebu Daily News
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