President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said his recent brief interaction with his election rival, former Vice President Leni Robredo, was “a very important step towards political reconciliation.”

Marcos ‘happy’ after crossing paths with Robredo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1729219691223172914707133320241017 (2).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Courtesy: PCO"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap"><em>Courtesy: PCO</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said his recent brief interaction with his election rival, former Vice President Leni Robredo, was “a very important step towards political reconciliation.” </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marcos thanked Senate President Chiz Escudero for inviting Robredo, his fellow Bicol native, to the inauguration of the Sorsogon Sports Arena, which the President graced on Thursday. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Well done. I’m so happy you did that,” Marcos told Escudero in a speech at the Palace. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Robredo was among the former and current government officials who greeted Marcos as he entered the arena in Barangay Balogo, Sorsogon City at around 10 a.m. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A video showed Marcos briefly shaking hands with Robredo, who was in pink, her election campaign color.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y5svE0g9HW4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The two ran for vice president in 2016, with Marcos accusing Robredo of rigging the results of the elections in her favor. The Supreme Court in 2021 threw out Marcos&#x27; poll protest. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">They again faced off in the 2022 presidential elections, in which Marcos claimed a landslide victory.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> However, Robredo was unable to attend Thursday’s Sorsogon program as she had prior commitments in Naga. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Well, originally as planned, sasama siya saglit sa stage at papanoorin nya yung synchronized dancing na hinanda. Magkakatabi dapat kaming lahat. Pero nahuli siya sa kanyang susunod na appointment sa Naga dahil nga tumatakbo na sya bilang mayor at may event yata sa kanilang bishop sa cathedral na hindi daw siya pwedeng mahuli,” Escudero said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The inauguration of the Sorsogon Sports Arena coincided with the celebration of the 50th founding anniversary of the province of Sorsogon.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said his recent brief interaction with his election rival, former Vice President Leni Robredo, was “a very important step towards political reconciliation.”</p>

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Marcos says meeting with Robredo in Bicol ‘a very important step towards political reconciliation’

Marcos says meeting with Robredo in Bicol ‘a very important step towards political reconciliation’

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