The Liberal Party (LP)’s vice-presidential bet Leni Robredo is being groomed as the torch bearer of PNoy’s “daang matuwid” ideology in the next administration should she emerge victorious in next week’s national elections. Her victory will be the toehold for the LP to maintain its political influence in a post-PNoy administration, in the event of Roxas’ defeat.

A Robredo win becomes more crucial for the LP in a Duterte presidency. She will definitely be positioned as a calmer, more refined alternative to the tough-as-nails Duterte. And given the recent threat by Sen. Antonio Trillanes to impeach the Davao mayor should the Davao mayor win the May 9 elections, a triumphant Robredo surely can and will be gussied up by PNoy’s LP confederates as a possible successor to Duterte if the latter is removed from office.

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