Robredo: I won’t let false accusations slide anymore

Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday said she would no longer be tight-lipped regarding false allegations hurled against her by some critics.

"Late last year o middle of last year talagang sinabi ko sa staff na mula ngayon, hindi ko papalampasin lahat ng kasinungalingan," Robredo said in an interview on GMA News' Unang Balita.

"For three years, hindi ako umimik kasi feeling ko dati, bibigyan ko lang ng importansya, mas mabuti huwag pansinin. Pero mali 'yata 'yun eh kasi napansin ko dahil wala kaming sinasabi, hindi namin pinapansin, akala ng tao totoo," she added.

Last week, Robredo slammed Deputy Executive Director Mocha Uson of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration for allegedly spreading fake news about the Office of the Vice President's donations to the victims of the Taal Volcano eruption.

Uson shared on her Facebook page with 5.7 million followers a netizen's comment on a photo of Robredo during a relief operation in Batangas.

The comment claims that Robredo's office only donated one bottled water and five pieces of pandesal to each evacuee.

"Hindi nakapagtataka na galit na ang mga tao sa mga istilong bulok na ganito. Hindi din kasi ito ang unang pagkakataong inuna ni Leni ang pagpapa photo ops kaysa sa pagtulong sa mga biktima ng trahedya," Uson captioned her post.

Uson later on clarified that her criticism was not about the pandesal but about Robredo's supposed hunger for media mileage during her aid-giving activities.

"'Yung kay Mocha kasi, ang mali doon, kasi sinusweldohan siya ng pamahalaan so ako talagang I made it a point na i-call out siya pero para sa akin 'yung pag-call out ko, tama na 'yun. Ayoko nang pahabain pa kasi hindi naman nakakatulong," Robredo said.

"Tama nang alam ng tao na nagsinungaling siya para next time mayroon nang warning na hindi ko papalampasin," she added. — RSJ, GMA News