Thread by @maracepeda

Presidential aspirant and VP Leni Robredo is currently in her bailiwick and home region Bicol. She is now facing local media in a press conference organized by Solid Leni Bicol. @rapplerdotcom #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Asked to further clarify her position on vote-buying, Robredo reiterates she is against vote-buying and says it is illegal.

She did say these yday too, then said voters can accept bribe money but they should still vote based on conscience.

CONTEXT: rappler.com/nation/electio…

@rapplerdotcom Robredo:Yung sinabi ko kahapon yung vote-buying,mali yun. Yung vote buying mali yun, pero over the years very rampant siya dito sa atin. In fact,kahit dito sa atin, very rampant ang vote-buying. Yung frustrating dito hindi maayos yung pag-implement nung regulations vs vote-buying

@rapplerdotcom Robredo recalls vote-buying complaint she filed vs the Villafuertes when she ran and won for CamSur D3 rep in 2013. Robredo says case was dismissed despite a lot of evidence pointing to vote-buying at the time. #PHVote #WeDecide

READ: rappler.com/nation/electio…

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Naka-ilang eleksyon na tayo dito na nilalabanan yung vote-buying. Dahil hindi maayos yung pag-police natin sa vote-buying, yung volunteers na natin yung gumagawa ng paraan [para pigilan ito]. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Aware tayo sa nasa batas. Hindi tayo masaya na hindi ito nae-enforce, pero dapat bukas yung mata natin sa realities on the ground. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Kung hind maayos yung enforcement, ano ba yung gagawin natin?.. Ang dapat na ginagawa natin, na kahit may tumatanggap, dapat di susundan yung boto na parang meron kang utang na loob doon sa nagbigay. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Kasi kung namili ka nang namili, di ka pa rin panalo, yun yung number one deterrent doon.

So yun yung konteksto nun. Hindi natin kino-condone yung vote-buying.

#PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: In fact, isa tayo sa matagal nang nakikipaglaban sa vote-buying. Pero ang hinihingi natin sa mga awtoridad na sana yung enforcement nito, maging maayos. Kasi kung hindi maayos yung enforcement, talaga yung mga nagko-commit ng crime na yun, di naman napaparusahan. #PHVote

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Ina-assure natin yung mga tao na walang way para malaman nila kung sino yung binoto mo... Sana di ka binibigyan. Pero kung nabigyan ka, dapat di ka ma-pressure into voting for that particular person para madala yung tao na yun. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Pero yung number one pa din, bawal siya, kailangan i-enforce. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo agrees with Sen Manny Pacquiao's call for a face-to-face presidential debate: Tingin ko dapat talaga face-to-face para yung issues talagang natutuldukan habang magkakasama kayo sa isang event, kasi mahirap din kung ang debate social media. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Mahirap kung yung debate nagsasagutan lang, hindi nabibigyan ng linaw yung lahat ng issues... Tayo nilo-look forward natin yung face-to-face na debate. Agree ako kay Senator Manny. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo reiterates she is "overwhelmed" by the deluge of support for her presidential bid, says she decided to go with pink since it was the color that her volunteers have chosen. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Gulat na gulat kami kasi yung 1,000 sa isang Zoom meeting, napaka-ordinaryo na ngayon. Parang nag-rally din ako sa isang malaking venue, tapos ito lahat initiative ng mga supporters. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: I think what makes this different, na invested yung mga tao na laban din nila ito. Hindi lang sila basta tumutulong sa isang kandidato. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo wants law allowing substitutions in the elections to be revisited, says it's a "mockery" of the country's election laws when people just file their candidacies knowing they are waiting for someone else to substitute them later on. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: "Nakita natin yung nangyari nung 2016, nakita natin ngayon, naabuso siya in the sense na may placeholders na nilalagay. Hindi naman yun yung intent ng batas."

Though she didn't mention names, this is a swipe vs Pres Duterte and presidential bet Sen Bato dela Rosa.

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Yung intent ng batas, siguraduhin lang na kapag merong nangyaring di inaasahan, meron remedy. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Pero ngayon, yun nga eh, kahit hindi naman desididong kandidato, may hinihintay lang na ibang mag-desisyon, maglalagay ng placeholder. Ang pakiramdam ko, ina-ano nya, parang mockery siya ng election laws natin. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Agree ako na kailangang i-revisit. Agree ako na meron pa ring provision on substitution pero dapat i-limit yung dahilan kung kailan siya ia-allow. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo discourages supporters from engaging in calls to boycott restaurants, establishments, etc. just because her opponents have conducted meetings in these establishments. #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Kung totoo may kumakalat na ganung for calls for boycott, hindi natin siya ine-encourage kasi kontra nga ito sa paniniwala natin na dapat kampanya pa lang, nage-exert tayo ng effort na magkaisa lahat #PHVote #WeDecide

@rapplerdotcom Robredo: Yung laban na ito, hindi naman ito about a particular person. Yung laban natin na ito is so much more than Marcos. Lagi ko naman itong inuulit di ba, na yung laban natin, wakasan na yung lumang klase ng pulitika na siya yung nagdadala ng kahirapan sa bansa natin #PHVote

@rapplerdotcom Robredo tags as "cheap shot" posts falsely claiming she allegedly paid people to join the Caravan for Hope backing her presidential bid last weekend, says she doesn't have money nor machinery to do such a thing. She says Lawyers for Leni looking into these posts now. #PHVote