Robredo camp questions proposed OVP abolition

The camp of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo over the weekend cast suspicion on the proposal to abolish the vice president post in the proposed federal government, saying it is not relevant to the planned shift to a new system of government.

Ibarra Gutierrez, legal adviser of Robredo, was referring to the proposal of President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party, PDP-Laban, that “in case of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or resignation of the President, the President of the senate, or in case of his inability, the Speaker of the federal assembly shall then act as President until the President shall have been elected and qualified.”