MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippine Daily Inquirer, one of Manila’s leading newspapers, is reporting that Atty. Leni Robredo who in 2022 ran unsuccessfully for president against Bongbong Marcos, is actually a contemporary of former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, now 99 years old.

In its “Today in History” post on April 23, 2023, Inquirer paid tribute to the Robredo on her alleged 58th birthday. The post all but confirms that in 1965 she was born as a former Vice President which means that she was then at least 40 years old — the required age for anyone running for the second highest position in the country. That makes her at least 98, two years short of being a centenarian.

Either Robredo lied about her age on her certificate of candidacy, or Dr. Vicky Belo did an amazing plastic surgery job on her. Whichever, Robredo would have been the oldest elected head of state if she had won over Marcos.