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BREAKING: Opposition coalition 1Sambayan names Vice President Leni Robredo as its presidential candidate for the 2022 elections. #TheFilipinoVotes

Robredo has yet to announce her plans for the upcoming polls cnn.ph

1Sambayan convenor and retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio: 1Sambayan is pleased to announce that it has reached a decision to endorse Vice President Leni Robredo as its presidential candidate for the May 2022 elections

Carpio says 1Sambayan followed a ‘rigorous process’ in reaching the decision, as it urged Robredo to accept the group’s endorsement

Carpio on Robredo's nomination: We hope she will accept the challenge. We expect her to give us her decision very soon. If she declines, we will meet again. That is a remote possibility.

Carpio says 1Sambayan chose Robredo as its 2022 presidential candidate based on the vote of an 'overwhelming majority'

Carpio says unity discussions will continue until the last day of candidacy substitution in November

1Sambayan convenor Carpio says the nomination for VP and senatorial candidates will be chosen in consultation with the presidential bet: Our presidential candidate is the lead in the unity ticket. We have to consult with her (Robredo)

1Sambayan convenor Carpio on other presidential aspirants: All we can do is persuade and show them that we have a big group that's supporting one candidate. Maybe you can reconsider because if you run, you will probably be getting votes away from our candidate.

1Sambayan convenor Carpio: I think we will endorse a full (senatorial) slate

1Sambayan convenor Carpio: The unity talks will now be led by VP Leni if she accepts the nomination... We have already chosen her as our presidential candidate, the unity talks can come in for her vice presidential candidate. But everything is fluid as of now.

1Sambayan convenor Carpio: We are aware that surveys now are not reflective of election results. That's empirical data. The survey was taken before VP Leni was endorsed by 1Sambayan and before she declared to run. Surveys cannot dictate what we will do.

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1Sambayan convenor Carpio on the group’s nominee for vice president: In the survey, (former senator Antonio) Trillanes was on the list, and in fact he topped the list of possible VP candidates. But as I have said, we will have to discuss with VP Leni her complete slate.

What happens if Robredo picks Carpio as her VP?

Carpio: I already said it will be in conflict with my role in 1Sambayan

Should Robredo decide to run, 1Sambayan convenor Carpio says the group will sit down with the Vice President 'immediately' to complete her slate: We hope to complete that in time of the filing of the COC.