CEBU CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – When former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas chose Congresswoman Leni Robredo to be his vice presidential running mate for the 2016 Philippine presidential elections, he thought he hit the jackpot. Robredo  is a poster child for the Aquino administration’s daang matuwid (straight path) battle cry under its anti-corruption campaign.

But boy, was Roxas wrong.

In her public statements, Robredo only speaks the truth, like when she acknowledged that the Aquino administration hasn’t done enough to solve the country’s mass transportation problems. Incidentally, Roxas was President Aquino’s Transportation Secretary from 2011-2012.

Then yesterday, during a speech before students at the University of Cebu, Robredo was asked about same-sex marriage. She said that people should be able to choose whom to love and that denying marriage to same-sex couples is a violation of human rights.

Now, that sharply contrasts with Roxas’ view.  When previously asked about the same issue, Roxas’ reply was ‘hindi ko ma-imagine.’.  (I cannot imagine).

Well, we can’t imagine either that Roxas will be president. But we can see Robredo being vice president.  After all, Filipino voters can cross party lines when voting for either president or vice president.

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