PRESIDENT PHILIPPINES

INDEPENDENT

Vice President of the Philippines (since 2016)

In a virtual dialogue with Filipino house helpers, Robredo is asked what advice she would give to those being offered money for their votes. Robredo first says she is against vote-buying, an illegal practice, but adds that voters may take the bribes but still vote according to their conscience. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas also denounces vote-buying as "evil," but says, if a person is hungry, he or she can take a vote buyer’s money as a "gift," and still follow the dictates of conscience while voting. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez stresses that vote-buying is an election offense "regardless of financial situation or noble intentions."

After initially saying she wanted to abolish the problematic National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Robredo later clarifies that she is all for the task force’s mandate to combat the country’s insurgency problem, but not its “careless” red-tagging. A day after the Vice President makes the statement, groups say they are disappointed with Robredo and ask her to talk to the victims of human rights violations to reassess her stance.

Women’s rights advocates, even those within her own supporter base, have criticized Robredo’s conservative stance on divorce. Feminist groups have long been pushing for the legalization of divorce in the Philippines, the only country left in the world, apart from the Vatican City, without it. Advocates have also disagreed with Robredo’s conservative views on abortion and same-sex marriage.

To be “liberated” from the fear of getting sick, Robredo said that a “mahusay at matinong” (competent and sensible) leader should focus on the COVID-19 response strategy.

Leni Robredo's COVID-19 plan, "Kalayaan sa COVID (Freedom from COVID)," centers on three visions: “freedom” from fear of getting sick, freedom from hunger, and freedom from lack of education. Robredo will push for the following: free COVID-19 testing, sufficient vaccines for Filipinos by making sure there are funds for it, increasing the capacity of hospitals, a nurse for each barangay, and implementation of a telemedicine system.

Robredo will push to increase healthcare facilities' capacities. She says she will push to keep the hospital bed to population ratio below 1:800 in every region. Medical personnel will easily have access to advice from specialists using technology. The Vice President wants a nurse for each barangay.

Leni Robredo has an overall vision to create free and accessible healthcare for all Filipinos. She wants to improve the "slow" implementation of the Universal Healthcare Act passed in 2019. Within three months, every Filipino should be enrolled in universal healthcare (UHC). The Vice President wants to "fix" the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) by installing a "competent" head. She also wants a team with the capability to analyze PhilHealth claims while maintaining their integrity. Using better technology, Robredo wants PhilHealth claims to be more easily accessible, with less red tape. Robredo wants to see the teleconsult service she launched with the Office of the Vice President rolled out across the country. Each barangay will receive a device that will allow e-consults in remote areas.

Robredo promises to strengthen agriculture and fisheries by “doubling” the Department of Agriculture’s budget, with a view that every sector in the industry “will not be left behind.”

Part of Leni Robredo's COVID-19 plan is "freedom from hunger." Robredo promises support for micro, small, and medium enterprises through a P100-billion stimulus package. Retrenched workers would receive 80% of their salary. Meanwhile, in Robredo's "Hanapbuhay Para sa Lahat (Jobs for All)" plan for economic recovery, she promises the following: supporting the marine, climate, and manufacturing industries, and making the country more attractive to "hi-tech" firms.

In Leni Robredo's "Hanapbuhay para sa lahat (Jobs for all)" plan for economic recovery, the Vice President promises to fight for laborers' rights. Robredo will push for non-discrimination in the labor force. Anyone, regardless of age, academic attainment, or gender, for as long as they want to, will be allowed a fair chance at working opportunities, she promises.

Leni Robredo says she will push for better access to education by opening up schools in low-risk areas for COVID-19, while providing gadgets and free internet access in high-risk areas. Part of her platform is a P68-billion “education aid” – providing P300 per month or P3,000 per year for every student to be used for purchasing load or printing of modules. She is also pushing for additional community learning hubs nationwide.

She also wants to pour investments into climate-resilient agriculture through climate smart agriculture and climate-resilient inputs. Even remote and marginalized communities will have access to financial mechanisms that will allow them to be responsive to climate change. This, the Robredo-Pangilinan tandem says, will be key to bountiful harvests, higher-value products, and resilience from the effects of climate change. Robredo will also push for a transition framework towards clean energy – which in turn would create green jobs.

In a bid to boost the economy while being climate-conscious, Leni Robredo wants to support the climate industry. Robredo wants to support green transport – it will be a goal for e-jeeps, e-tricycles, and other sustainable forms of transport to be more common. The increased need to produce green transport would pave the way for new industries focused on the maintenance, manufacture, and sale of climate-friendly transportation. Robredo wants green development to be an essential part of local government units' local development plans. Her national government would push to provide technical assistance to LGUs for this.

Leni Robredo supports the return of the Philippines to the International Criminal Court. Robredo believes that the Philippines should stand by its long-standing values, such as upholding of human rights, when it decided to join the International Criminal Court. She believes the ICC is a safety net for governments that abuse the human rights of their own people.

Robredo also said the Philippine government should learn from other countries' experiences in eradicating their respective drug problems. According to her, countries that looked at drug addiction as a health problem rather than an enforcement problem were generally more successful in addressing the issue.

Leni Robredo would still hold an intensified campaign against illegal drug use in the Philippines, but in contrast to President Rodrigo Duterte's enforcement-first strategy to kill all drug personalities, Robredo would focus on prevention and rehabilitation. Robredo – one of the loudest voices against Duterte’s violent war on drugs – has consistently voiced her holistic approach in addressing the drug problem. Her anti-drug platform for her 2022 presidential run is consistent with the reforms she attempted to do during her brief stint as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) in late 2020. She proposes for the ICAD to be headed by the Dangerous Drugs Board chief instead of the director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Leni Robredo will push to achieve an “inclusive and independent” foreign policy that favors no specific countries. Robredo would pursue deals with China in areas with no conflict such as trade and investments, but when it comes to dealings involving the West Philippine Sea, China's recognition of the historic arbitral ruling saying the Philippines owns the WPS is a non-negotiable. In dealing with China's aggression in the WPS, Robredo wants to form a "coalition of nations," as the Philippines rallies support from a number of other nations that have sided with the Philippines because of the arbitral ruling.

Leni Robredo, who once lawyered for abused women in court, wants to make the declaration of nullity of marriage more accessible to the poor. Robredo has been citing this as an apparent compromise for her consistent anti-divorce stance. However, she has said that she is open to legalizing divorce after engaging in dialogues with advocates. Robredo is against abortion. She has expressed being "very conflicted" about the issue, since her religion tells her it is wrong to kill, but she said she was open to abortion in certain cases where the life of the mother is in danger. She is also open to decriminalizing abortion, which advocates have long pushed for. Robredo is against same-sex marriages, but is "all for" same-sex civil unions.

As chief executive, Robredo would push for a more strategic legislative agenda focused on economic activities that need to be less restrictive, amended, or passed in to law – such as the Public Service Act. Robredo wants a faster digital transition. This is key to faster, easier, cheaper, more efficient, and more transparent processes in the government. This would also lead to less corruption, she says.

As part of her "Hanapbuhay para sa lahat (Jobs for all)" economic recovery plan, Leni Robredo wants to restore trust in the government. Robredo wants to revive the National Competitive Council under the Department of Trade and Industry. The new NCC will have the following goals: strategize the Philippines' road to being globally competitive, and work towards implementing it. Robredo will push for better enforcement of the Ease of Doing Business Act and strengthen the Anti-Red Tape Authority's mandate. This can be attained by making the Ease of Doing Business framework more comprehensive, and using the concept of the Citizen's Charter to make processes easier in industries that have a public service component. Examples of these include housing and utilities – electricity, water, and communications.

Joint statement

Isko Moreno

Rodrigo Duterte

Ramir Regala Florese

Make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?

BISErbisyong Leni episode, January 9, 2022

Implement mass testing for COVID-19?

End contractualization?

Set a national minimum wage?

Allow ownership of corporations by foreigners?

Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews, January 22, 2022

Increase wealth tax?

Privatize utilities?

GMA News Online article, February 3, 2022

Provide pandemic stimulus for SMEs?

Continue Build Build Build?

Allow return to face-to-face classes?

Allow military presence in schools?

Set mandatory return service for beneficiaries of Free College Tuition?

Make ROTC mandatory?

Continue the current design of the K-12 program?

BISErbisyong Leni episode, October 28, 2019

Allow open-pit mining?

Presidential One-on-One Interviews with Boy Abunda, January 26, 2022

Allow land reclamation projects?

KBP Presidential Candidates Forum, February 4, 2022

Recommission BNPP or nuclear power?

Push for passage of National Land Use Plan?

Continue war on drugs?

Prosecute Duterte in the ICC?

Allow ICC investigators to conduct a probe in the country?

Return PH into the ICC?

Abolish NTF-ELCAC?

Rotary Club of Makati forum, November 9, 2021

Abolish PCGG?

Lower age of criminal responsibility?

Philippine Daily Inquirer article, January 30, 2019

Resume peace talks with CPP-NPA-NDF?

Restore death penalty?

Review of China contracts?

Joint exploration with China in WPS?

Rotary Club of Manila forum, October 14, 2021

Raise Hague Ruling at the UN?

Focus on bilateral talks for WPS?

Payment of damages for Gem-Ver fishermen?

Pass proposed baselines law?

In favor of abortion?

In favor of divorce?

In favor of same-sex union?

Rappler Talk interview, September 3, 2021

In favor of decriminalization of sex work?

In favor of passing the SOGIE bill?

Office of the Vice President statement, August 19, 2019

Total Election Results Processed

ROBREDO, LENI (IND)

PRESIDENT PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL

MARCOS, BONGBONG (PFP)

ROBREDO, LENI (IND)

PACQUIAO, MANNY PACMAN (PROMDI)

DOMAGOSO, ISKO MORENO (AKSYON)

LACSON, PING (PDR)

MANGONDATO, FAISAL (KTPNAN)

ABELLA, ERNIE (IND)

DE GUZMAN, LEODY (PLM)

GONZALES, NORBERTO (PDSP)

MONTEMAYOR, JOSE JR. (DPP)