Leni camp to Bongbong: Respect the democratic process

MANILA, Philippines — The camp of Liberal Party vice presidential bet Ma. Leonor "Leni" Robredo on Thursday called on Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to respect the democratic process and to refrain from making baseless allegations.

Georgina Hernandez, Robredo's spokesperson, said the Marcos camp should observe the proper process of reporting incidents of cheating instead of making accusations that are not backed by evidence.

"Let us respect the process. The people have spoken. It is clear that Congresswoman Leni Robredo has retained her lead. Let us respect the democratic exercise, and unite so we can move on and serve the nation," Hernandez said.

"We respect the right of everyone to express their views. Why not follow the proper process? Accusations should not be made public without enough evidence. If they see any form of cheating, they should go to the appropriate agencies," she added.

Hernandez said they have confidence in the work being done by the Commission on Elections despite the allegations made by Marcos.

"We continue to believe that we had a clean election and there was no cheating," she said.

The Robredo camp remains optimistic that the LP vice presidential aspirant would maintain her lead in the canvassing.

"We are positive that the counting is about to be finished and we will know the results of this election," Hernandez said.

Hernandez, however, declined to say when Robredo would declare a victory.

Meanwhile, Hernandez said Robredo has forgiven her bashers even if they do not apologize for their remarks.

"Many comments have been hurled at Congresswoman Leni and she has already forgiven all those who spoke ill of her," Robredo's spokesperson said.

"For her, what is important is we unite and we stop the bashing in social media so there can be healing and unity," she added.

Among those who bashed Robredo was a 16-year old daughter of newly-proclaimed Tacloban mayor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez who swore at the leading vice presidential candidate and called her stupid.