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:

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said she was quitting her post as President Rodrigo Duterte’s housing chief on Monday, December 5.

In a statement released by her office late Sunday, Robredo said her resignation was prompted by Duterte’s order for her “to desist from attending all Cabinet meetings starting this Monday, December 5.”

The order was given through a text message sent by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr, who in turn was relaying instructions given by Duterte through Special Assistant to the President Bong Go.

This seems to be a case of ‘lost in translation.’

Before she announced her resignation, she was asked not to attend all Cabinet meetings which is tantamount to being fired.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles that beginning Monday, she can focus on her modeling career, gracing the covers of fashion magazines.