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Leni takes swipe at Bongbong: Ang sinungaling sa umpisa, sinungaling din sa kahuli-hulihan
By HANA BORDEY,GMA NewsVice President Leni Robredo on Friday took a swipe at former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., her rival for the presidency, for allegedly peddling disinformation against her.
Although Robredo did not mention Marcos by name, she said the disinformation started way back in 2016 when she defeated him in the vice presidential race.
"Halimbawa na lang 'yung election protest na binrand ako na nandaya. Ilang beses ko na siyang natalo sa Supreme Court, unanimous ang decision, 15-0, [pero] ang narrative niya dinaya pa din siya," Robredo told reporters in Sorsogon.
"So parang wala nang redemption, talagang ang sinungaling sa umpisa, sinungaling din sa kahuli-hulihan. Kawawa yung mga Pilipinong napapaniwala," she added.
(For example the election protest that accused me of cheating. No matter how many times I won in the Supreme Court, via unanimous decision of 15-0, his narrative is still that he was cheated. So it seems like there is no redemption. A liar at the start will always be a liar. Pity the Filipinos who will be fooled into believing them.)
Robredo, who is second to Marcos in various preelection survey on presidentiables, issued the remark when asked about the complaint her spokesperson, Atty. Ibarra Gutierrez, filed
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Robredo said there is a "troll machinery" that has been working to bring her down since 2016. She insisted that she has never talked to Sison, who is based on the Netherlands.
GMA News Online has reached out to Marcos' camp for its comment but it has yet to give one as of posting time.
Marcos' camp earlier denied being behind the smear campaign against Robredo, saying their campaign is based on a call for unity.
In a statement in April, Marcos' spokesperson Vic Rodriguez accused Robredo and her supporters of spreading "propaganda of likes, falsehood and politics of deception."
In a video released recently, Marcos, the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., called on the Filipinos to protect their votes so that they would not be "stolen." —KBK, GMA News