Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday said it now seems pointless to explain to President Rodrigo Duterte after he insisted that she participated in rallies against him.
Robredo said it saddened her that Duterte has chosen to believe false reports, adding that the matter was easy to verify.
"Ako, kahit very vocal ako sa pag-oppose, sinadya kong 'di sumali sa mga rally in deference to the President, dahil miyembro ako ng Gabinete. Pero kung ang report sa kaniya ay ganoon, nakakalungkot na pinaniwalaan niya dahil alam ng marami na hindi 'yon totoo," she said in an interview in Ocampo, Camarines Sur, where she began her week-long visit to areas affected by Typhoon Nina.
"Nasa posisyon sila na malaman kung ano ang totoo at hindi dahil lahat naman ng intelligence agencies hawak nila," she added.
"Parang nakapasimpleng bagay na madaling i-verify, bakit ang pinaniwalaan ang hindi totoo. Medyo nakakalungkot 'yon, pero again, tapos na 'yon," she went on.
The Vice President, who stepped down as Housing chair last Dec. 5, noted that a Cabinet post is a "position of confidence."
"Kailangang buo ang tiwala sa akin ng Pangulo, pero kung ganoon ang kasinungalingan na pinaniniwalaan, gustong sabihin na iyong tiwala sa akin napakababa, so wala na ring point," she said.
She underscored her willingness to help the administration in her own capacity, but added that she wouldn't force her way back into the Cabinet, where she sat as Housing chief for five months.
"Iyong sa akin makikipagtulungan pa rin ako sa abot ng aking makakaya. Hindi ko na rin ipagsisiksikan ang sarili ko. Ako naman ang desire na tumulong ay parating nariyan, pero mahirap naman na hindi ka pinagkakatiwalaan," she said.
"Pero ako supportive pa rin ako sa mga bagay na pareho naming pinaniniwalaan, halimbawa ngayong sakuna, kahit pribado ang nilalapitan natin gagawin natin," she added.
Robredo earlier said she tried to reach out to the President—through his special assistant Bong Go and Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco—seeking clarification when she was asked to "desist from attending all Cabinet meetings."
The directive led to her resignation as Housing chair.
In a series of one-on-one interviews last week, Duterte repeatedly said that Robredo's supposed participation in rallies calling for his ouster prompted him to exclude her from his Cabinet.
The President said there was a seeming "incongruity" between that and her stay in his Cabinet.
While on a family trip in the United States, Robredo issued a statement reiterating that she never participated in any rally against Duterte or his actions, notably those against the burial of the late Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
She also again denied any involvement or knowledge about alleged ouster plots against the President.
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