MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday expressed hopes that Vice President Leni Robredo runs for the country’s top post in 2022 to “unite all the non-Duterte candidates” in the upcoming elections.
“We should only have one candidate. We cross our fingers that VP Robredo will decide to run for president and we believe she is the strongest and, hopefully, she can unite all the non-Duterte candidates,” Drilon, vice chairman of the Liberal Party, said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel.
Robredo serves as the chairman of the Liberal Party.
While the party has yet to make a final decision on its plans for 2022, Drilon said that …
Keep on reading: ‘She’s the strongest:’ Drilon hoping Robredo will run for president