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Leni Robredo Unveils New Filipina Dress If Elected President

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – The terno is to Imelda Romualdez Marcos, and the yellow knee-length dress is to Cory Aquino. What would Leni Robredo wear as an occupant of Malacañang?

In a hastily-called press conference on Monday, Robredo unveiled what she said would be the new national dress of the Filipina if she is elected the 17th president of the Philippines. It is no different from the loose, three-quarter sleeved, no-collar blouse that she has been wearing in public events since she gained weight. She’d usually wear the dress in pink or violet. The VP has been trying to distance herself from Cory’s and PNoy’s yellow color in the hope that voters will see her as a reinvented opposition figure to the Marcos and Duterte regimes.

The Office of the Vice President has officially notified the Miss Universe Philippines and Binibining Pilipinas franchise holders of her plan to issue a new executive order on her first day as president, replacing the terno as the official national dress of the Philippines.

If elected president, the country will see Philippine representatives to Miss Universe and other international pageants wearing this new dress as part of the national costume competitions.

The Adobo Chronicles tried to get a comment from the National Association of Fashion Designers, but our calls remained unanswered as of press time.

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After Comelec Debate, Bongbong Marcos Increases Lead In Anonymous Survey!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) While nine presidential candidates were exchanging and copying each other’s arguments in the first debate sponsored by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at a plush hotel venue in Pasay City, former Senator Bongbong Marcos was being cheered by tens of thousands of supporters at a grand rally in Marikina City.

Soon after, The Adobo Chronicles conducted a unique, anonymous survey among likely voters using photos of the nine debate participants. We say ”anonymous” because we asked respondents to arrange the bottom images of the candidates according to how they would rank them as their choice for president.

This was how the respondents lined up and ranked their favored candidates — from left to right.

It was obvious that the least favored candidate was Leni Robredo, but it could not be determined how each of the remaining male candidates were ranked by the respondents.

Since Marcos skipped the debate, we asked respondents for a thumbs up or down response to his Marikina grand rally. The result? Marcos increased his numbers from 65 to 80%, with less than 50 days remaining in the campaign.

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Bongbong Marcos Will Participate In The Comelec Debates If…

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s not final until it’s final.

Presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos may still participate in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) debates if one of his conditions is met.

The Marcos campaign earlier said that the former senator had decided to skip the debates.

The Adobo Chronicles asked Marcos spokesperson Atty. Vic Rodriguez what would change Marcos’ decision.

Rodriguez said that a representative of Comelec, preferably spokesperson James Jimenez, should join the presidential candidates on stage so that they (and the panelists) could ask questions on very serious issues hounding the poll body.

Following the brouhaha surrounding ex- Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, Comelec has been the target of intense criticism about entering into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Rappler, the least- trusted news brand whose CEO Maria Ressa is a convicted criminal and is accused of alleged tax evasion.

Comelec has also been criticized for lack of transparency in the printing of ballots for the May 9, 2022 Philippine elections.

As if those were not enough, a Senate hearing headed by Senator Imee Marcos concluded that Smartmatic, a contractor of Comelec, has been hit with a serious security breach. Comelec has admitted to said breach.

The Comelec debates could yet make it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the debates of the century, featuring not only 100% of the presidential candidates plus the poll body itself.