The political move of
the Vice President to air her own “State of the Nation Address” or SONA has
been met by a lot of criticisms which mainly points out to early politicking
for the political ambitions of all the opposition who would run in 2022.
One of the glaring
difference in the “ill-advised” SONA is the “look” Vice President Leni Robredo
sported in her appearance in social media.
In an opinion article
published by the Daily Tribune (September 2, 2020), it was stated that the calculated
overall appearance of Robredo was “ to all intents and purposes, a scheme
desperately hatched by Robredo’s handlers to make her look serious, credible
and intelligent.”
This move by the Vice
President was slammed by veteran actress and known President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte supporter, in her Facebook post she said:
“The worst political
branding. It’s so fake. Obviously, they want to make her look smarter (kasi nga
boba) with those glasses on and books on the table, not to mention the color
choice of her outfit. Ano ‘to, shooting? Playing ‘the president’ daw siya.?”
Supporters of the Vice
President from those supporters of the President like Velez, “These biased
critics enjoy attacking the administration, but they get very angry when the
criticism is directed against their political idol Robredo and her dubious
allies in the discredited Liberal Party.
They
supposedly advocate free speech, but only of the kind they like to hear.”
The article said : “What
Robredo lacks in form, she also lacks in substance.”
“Undoubtedly, Robredo
is so consumed by her desire to be president that she will resort to anything,
even a new image created through cosmetic politics, to keep her in the public
consciousness. She has also forgotten that her assumption to office as VP is
being questioned in the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
Vivian Velez was well
within her rights to criticize Robredo. In fact, Velez was telling the truth.”
Below is the full article from Daily Tribune:
Last month, Vice President Leni Robredo
appeared on social media to once again accuse President Rodrigo Roa Duterte of
mishandling the COVID-19 health crisis in the country.
As usual, Robredo’s accusations turned
out to be hollow. Her speech simply proved that she was unaware of the latest
measures the government has undertaken to fight the coronavirus, including the
recent Bayanihan 2 legislation.
There was, however, something different
this time.
Robredo sported eyeglasses and a new
hair-do, and she spoke with several books on her table.
Unlike in her usual carabao English
style of speaking during live interviews, Robredo spoke straight English this
time, but with the use of a teleprompter, a device that allows her to read her
prepared speech while looking at the television camera. Resorting to the device
gave the public the mistaken impression that she is speaking extemporaneously.
As for the eyeglasses, Robredo probably
needed them not only to look intelligent but also to enable her to read her
speech on the teleprompter, which was several feet away from her.
It was, to all intents and purposes, a
scheme desperately hatched by Robredo’s handlers to make her look serious,
credible and intelligent.
On 24 August 2020, former film actress
Vivian Velez posted on her social media account a stinging criticism of
Robredo’s newest attempt at cosmetic politics.
“The worst political branding. It’s so
fake. Obviously, they want to make her look smarter (kasi nga boba) with those
glasses on and books on the table, not to mention the color choice of her
outfit. Ano ‘to, shooting? Playing ‘the president’ daw siya?” Velez stated in
her Facebook account.
Lea Navarro, a local musician of
vintage popularity and ostensibly a Robredo fan, lashed back at Velez online,
and insinuated that Velez isn’t exactly very smart herself.
Another Robredo fan, veteran writer
Inday Espina Varona joined Navarro and posted, “Why are you so disturbed that
the VP looks presidential, Vivian Velez?”
Those remarks registered by pro-Robredo
matrons like Navarro and Varona are not only biased and unfounded, but also
prove that enemies of the government think that they are the only ones who have
the right to criticize anybody else.
These biased critics enjoy attacking
the administration, but they get very angry when the criticism is directed
against their political idol Robredo and her dubious allies in the discredited
Liberal Party.
They supposedly advocate free speech,
but only of the kind they like to hear.
For Navarro, Varona and their allies,
it’s alright that Robredo has not done anything during the pandemic, besides
occasional instances of distributing relief goods.
They also find nothing wrong about
Robredo’s temerity to be the only vice president in Philippine history to live
in a luxurious mansion paid for by government funds, when many Filipinos are
begging in the streets.
For them, it is sufficient that Robredo
looks presidential, even if she is politically hollow.
This is not the first time that Robredo
was called boba. In 2019, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. called
Robredo boba and said someone should give her a brain.
President Duterte and VP Robredo are
lawyers. The President passed the Bar examinations on his first take. Robredo
passed only on her second attempt.
The inability of Robredo to speak in
complete sentences in English during live television interviews is manifest.
Her TV interviews in the aftermath of the conviction of Rappler’s Maria Ressa
for cyber libel, and after the House of Representatives decided against a new
franchise for the ABS-CBN broadcasting empire, confirm this.
What Robredo lacks in form, she also
lacks in substance.
Robredo once said the anti-cybercrime
law unduly restricts press freedom. Later, when she was at the receiving end of
criticism, she threatened to sue her critics for cyber libel.
Undoubtedly, Robredo is so consumed by
her desire to be president that she will resort to anything, even a new image
created through cosmetic politics, to keep her in the public consciousness. She
has also forgotten that her assumption to office as VP is being questioned in
the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
Vivian Velez was well within her rights
to criticize Robredo. In fact, Velez was telling the truth.
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