VICE President Leni Robredo took her oath of office before the two barangay chairmen at the so-called Boracay Mansion, now called the Quezon City Reception House, in the city’s New Manila district.
Robredo thanked all those who supported her in the last May 9 polls, and those who trusted in her.
“Please, join me once more in my new journey in life,” she said, adding the vice presidency is not just about her, but about the opportunity to help the marginalized sectors of society. “I cannot turn my back at the call of duty.”
Having not been appointed to any Cabinet post under the Duterte presidency, Robredo, in her inaugural speech, also repeatedly asked for the full support of the people, saying nothing is impossible if the country is one and united.
“I believe that the challenge to all of us is to get together, strengthen our unification and turn our weakness into our strength as the only way to be able to attain our objective for our country,” she said.
“We need to do what is only right for the majority, and not for the few. We can only give our sincerity to the duty we have sworn in even if that would go against self-interest. We have been exposed to such service and we will continue to sustain this as long as we live.”
In her first 100 days in office, Robredo said she go to the farthest and smallest barangays to know what they need “so that you could feel the government is with you.”
She admitted that while there have been too many poverty reduction programs of the Aquino administration, there is still so much work to be done.
She vowed to give her full support for President Rodrigo Duterte, and to partner with the people and even the private sector.