Robredo to Duterte: You're thinking 2022 in a disaster?

Vice President Leni Robredo has dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat of making her possible 2022 Presidential run a nightmare, saying that threats are only made by people who weren't sure of themselves.

Robredo also questioned the Chief Executive for thinking about the election year when the country was reeling from a calamity.

“Unang-una, matagal na niya akong winawaswas. Pangalawa, kahit sino walang karapatang manakot ng iba. Para sa akin, iyong mga nananakot, iyon iyong mga hindi sigurado sa sarili, ‘di ba?" Robredo said in a radio interview.

"Tapos iyong 2022, ano ba naman iyan, nasa gitna tayo ng sakuna ang iniisip mo 2022?" she added.

Duterte in a televised briefing last week had a mouthful for Robredo after he said she asked where he was in the middle of the storm and in its wake.

Robredo never publicly asked for Duterte's whereabouts when she went to disaster-stricken areas after Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses hit in successive weeks.

“Marami ako sabihin sa'yo. Reserba ko na lang. When you start your campaign, waswasan kita. This is your nightmare," Duterte said in remarks that were apparently based on false information.

Robredo said Duterte should know that there was hardly anything a person could do to prepare for the presidency especially since he won by a landslide in 2016 even if he joined the race at the last minure.

“Kung iniisip niya Presidency, para sa akin walang handa sa presidency, Deo. Walang nakakaplano," Robredo said.

"Tingin ko iyong pagiging pangulo ay destiny. Kung nakatakda iyan sa iyo, mangyayari iyan. Pero nakita natin sa ating kasaysayan na napakarami na,” she added.

“Napakaraming tao iyong nag-aspire for the presidency pero binibigay siya sa kung sino iyong nakatakda, kahit kay Presidente. Tingin ko hindi naman niya in-aspire ito dati," Robredo said.

"Alam natin na pumasok siya sa game late na pero siya iyong nanalo kasi tingin ko siya iyong nakatakda,” she added.

Then Davao City Mayor Duterte beat then administration candidate and former Secretary of Interior and Local Government Manuel “Mar” Roxas by around nine million votes during the 2016 Presidential polls.

Robredo, the administration candidate then, beat then Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., by 263,473 votes to win the Vice Presidential contest.

“Kaya para sa akin, para magsira tayo ng tao ngayon dahil sa pine-perceive natin na 2022, nagsasayang tayo ng oras at ng panahon,” Robredo said. -NB, GMA News