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'Free yourself from fears and believe,' Robredo tells supporters

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Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News

<h3>Robredo sisters remember father Jesse in introducing mom Leni</h3><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="VP Leni Media Bureau" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/05/07/20220507-young-supporter-hugs-vice-president-leni-robredo-handout.jpg"/><figcaption>A young supporter hugs Vice President Leni Robredo at the presidential candidate’s Miting de Avance on May 7 on Ayala Avenue in Makati. Numerous celebrities and hundreds of thousands of people attended the mammoth event. <em>VP Leni Media Bureau handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MAKATI CITY - Vice President Leni Rorbedo’s daughters Aika, Tricia, and Jillian came together to introduce their mother before the crowd at her Makati miting de avance on Saturday.</p><p>Eldest daughter Aika remembered their late father, former interior secretary Jesse Robredo.</p><p>“Malamang bibiruin n’on si mama, ‘O akala ko ba ayaw mong pumasok sa pulitika, pangatawanan mo yan,’” she said.</p><p>Tricia recalled that their mother intended for her 2016 vice presidential bid to be her last foray into politics.</p><p>Despite this, the sisters supported her when she decided to run again.</p><p>“Kahit mabigat sa puso mamin sumuporta kami sa desisyon ni mama dahil sabi niya nga ang nagmamahal pinaglalaban ang minamahal,” Tricia said.</p><p>“Kilala namin si mama, at laging nangingibabaw sa kanya ang sense of mission kaysa sa kung ano ang tahimik at komportable para sa aming pamilya,” Aika added.</p><p>In the course of the campaign season, the Robredo sisters found comrades in campaigning for and defending their mother.</p><p>“Habang tumagal, unti-unting nawala ang pangamba namin sa pagtakbo ni mama; kayo ang tunay na frontliners ng laban na ito, ang puso at diwa ng kampanya,” she told the 780,000-strong crowd that stretched across Ayala, Makati, and Paseo de Roxas Avenues.</p><p>Robredo, who carried her husband’s branding of “tsinelas leadership,” championed again marginalized Filipinos whose lives she hopes to change if made president.</p><p>“Alam namin na wala na sigurong mas proud kay mama kayaa kay papa,” Aika said.</p><p>“Sasabihin niya matagal ka na naming secret weapon; panahon na para maliwanagan na rin ang iba at maipakita mo na rin ang iyong liwanag,” she finished, as Jillian echoed her mother’s now oft-repeated words from her proclamation:</p><p>“Buong-buo po ang loob namin at wala kaming takot, isa pong malaking karangalan na ibahagi ang Vice President, ang nag-iisa at pinakamamahal naming mama, at ang magiging ina ng ating bansa, ang susunod na pangulo ng Pilipinas, Leni Robredo.”</p><p>Robredo then gave her most impassioned speech yet, enjoining the crowd to celebrate a “historic” campaign, and reminding them of their strength and love which she said will carry the Filipino people through.</p><p>Robredo also gave supporters experiencing “election anxiety” some comfort by assuring them of a return of all their sacrifices in campaigning for her.</p><p>“Palayain ang sarili sa duda at pangamba, maniwala na sa dulo ng pawis at sakripisyo may tagumpay na nag-aabang, gawing payapa at tahimik ang puso,” she said.</p><p>“Pakinggan natin: may milyun-milyong pusong tumitibok, lumalaban, nagtitiwala sa kapwa Pilipino, nananalig sa Diyos, nag-uumapaw sa pag-asa, sabik nang paigtingin ang pagkilos tungo sa katuparan ng ating mga pangarap,” Robredo added.</p><p>Her miting de avance is her most well-attended campaign event, with 780,000 estimated crowd count by organizers by the end of the night.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2024356" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

“Palayain ang sarili sa duda at pangamba, maniwala na sa dulo ng pawis at sakripisyo may tagumpay na nag-aabang, gawing payapa at tahimik ang puso,” she said.

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'Free yourself from fears and believe,' Robredo tells supporters

Wena Cos,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 08, 2022 12:33 AM PHT

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Updated May 08, 2022 01:14 AM PHT

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