MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Now that Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo has been removed from the official family of President Rodrigo Duterte, she is back in the waiting room.

Even before she was appointed Housing Czar with a Cabinet rank, Robredo fully understood her role — and only role — as VP: “to wait for something to happen to the president.”

This was her statement before a Filipino American audience shortly after she assumed the vice presidency: