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Leni Robredo Asks Kakampinks to 'Listen to People's Voice'

'Walang nasayang. Hindi tayo nabigo.'
by The reportr team
6 days ago
Photo/s: VP Leni Robredo Media Bureau
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Vice President Leni Robredo urged her supporters on Tuesday to "listen to the voice of the people" as a partial and unofficial count showed rival presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was headed for a landslide win.

The 57-year-old Robredo said the election results should not cause further division, even if they are painful to accept to those who joined her volunteer-driven campaign.

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"Bagaman may hindi pa nabibilang; bagaman may mga tanong pa ukol sa eleksyon na ito na kailangang matugunan: Palinaw na nang palinaw ang tinig ng taumbayan. Sa ngalan ng Pilipinas na alam kong mahal na mahal rin ninyo: Kailangan nating pakinggan ang tinig na ito, dahil sa huli, iisa lang ang bayang pinagsasaluhan natin," she said.

"Kaya sinasabi ko sa inyo ngayon: Walang nasayang; hindi tayo nabigo. Pinakamahalaga: Hindi pa tayo tapos. Nagsisimula pa lang tayo. May landas na nagbukas, at hindi ito sasara kasabay ng mga presinto; may kilusang isinilang, at hindi ito papanaw sa pagtatapos ng bilangan. Ang namulat, di na muling mapipikit. Hindi natin kailanman hahayaang makatulog muli ang pag-asang nagising,"

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At 4:02 a.m., with 94% of the votes counted, Marcos got 29,953,004 votes, double that of Robredo's 14,286,533, acording to data from Comelec's "transparency" server for the press.

"Alam kong hindi madaling tanggapin sa inyo ang mga numerong lumalabas sa quick count. Hindi lang panghihinayang, kundi malinaw na pagkadismaya ang nararamdaman ng ating hanay. Gayumpaman, sinasabi ko sa inyo: Alam kong mahal natin ang bansa, pero hindi puwedeng maging ugat pa ng pagkakawatak-watak ang pagmamahal na ito," she said.

"Maging panatag sa inyong ambag: May nasimulan tayong hindi pa kailanman nasasaksihan sa buong kasaysayan ng bansa. Isang kampanyang pinamunuan ng taumbayan. Isang kilusang nabuo hindi lang para baklasin ang luma at bulok na sistema, kundi para magpanday ng totoo at positibong pagbabago. Isinadiwa ninyo ang demokrasya, hindi lang sa pagboto, kundi sa pagmamahal sa kapwa Pilipino. Napakalaking tagumpay nito—at maituturing lang na bigo ang kampanya natin kung hahayaan nating malusaw ang nabuo nating samahan," she said.

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