MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo said Tuesday she was willing to meet President Rodrigo Duterte for dinner, dismissing a warning that it could be a trap.
The meeting will come as the country's two highest officials prepared to answer separate impeachment complaints in Congress.
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a Duterte critic, had warned the Vice President that the invitation could be a ploy to "politically neutralize" her. The President's supporters have blamed Robredo for the impeachment move.
"Pangulo yun, yung sa akin tingin ko naman parang extending a hand... Ang assumption mo naman parating good intentions di ba? Parang masama din na hindi salubungin halfway yung kanyang offer," Robredo told DZMM.
(He's the President, extending his hand... The assumption, always, is good intentions, right? It will be bad if I don't meet his offer halfway.)
Robredo acknowledged that her supporters' misgivings over a possible meeting with Duterte were not unfounded
"Tingin ko mayroon ding pinanggagalingan iyung fears na iyun kasi marami nang nangyari before this. Aware naman ako doon sa pangamba ng marami. Pero sa tingin ko kasi, at the end of the day, inihalal kami pareho," Robredo said.
(I believe the fears have basis because many things happened before this. I am aware of the concerns of many. But I think that at the end of the day, we were both elected.)
"Nabigyan kami ng mandato na manilbihan sa ating bayan at obligasyon naming kahit mayroong hindi kami pinagkakasunduan, hahanapin namin iyun mga bagay na pwede pa rin naming pagkasunduan."
(We were both given mandates to serve the country and it is our obligation to find common ground even if we don't agree on some issues.)
Robredo said Duterte extended the dinner invitation during the Philippine National Police Academy graduation last Friday, where they made a rare public appearance together.
Robredo resigned from the Cabinet last December due to policy differences with the President.
"Kahit naman gaano kahirap, lahat ng avenues gusto nating subukan para mahanap ang katahimakan sa ating bansa."
(No matter how hard, we will explore all avenues to find peace in our country.)
Source : ABS-CBN
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