Speak up, Robredo urges women

Women in power should speak out against the rampant drug-related killings that had claimed at least 7,000 lives, Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo said Monday.

“Lady legislators, you have been called for such a time as this…to flex your unique kind of power; to champion our people’s rights and basic freedoms during these extraordinary times with democracy and our very way of life is under attack; to lead and build a society that’s stronger and more resilient focused on the values of integrity, empathy, kindness, patience, excellence, transparency, accountability and good governance,” Robredo said during the National General Assembly of Lady Local Legislators’ League of the Philippines held in Manila.