DESPITE their political differences, Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday hoped she and President Rodrigo Duterte would get along well in the end.
Speaking to a crowd in Barangay 105, Tondo, Manila, Robredo said she was not yet giving up that she and the President could patch up their differences.
“I am always hoping. Always, I am hoping for the good of the people that the president and the Vice President get along with each other very well,” she said.
Robredo, replying to questions, said she did not want to make a big deal out of the President’s cancellation of his invitation for her to join the Vin d’ honneur in Malacañang Wednesday.
“It was not a big deal if I was invited or not. It’s just the manner of how they did it to me,” she said.
“If they are angry at me, so be it. But I hope they give a little respect to the Office [of the Vice President]. To me, that would just be fine. I cannot do anything about it. I’ll just focus on my work and not to dwell on it as if it was a big issue.”
But she said the President must tone down in dealing with the 1,400 mayors allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade.
“We can ask the help of the mayors to fight illegal drugs. The intention was good to meet with the mayors, but to threaten to kill them is a different thing. No one can do that even, especially, if you are the President,” she added.
“The rule of law should govern. If one threatens to kill, what message are you sending?”
Meanwhile, the Vice President Leni Robredo told the students of the University of the Philippines to become “bearers of light.”