Charles Teves
Vice President Leni Robredo’s answers at the CNN Philippines presidential debate were so good that trolls and critics have accused her camp of being handed the questions beforehand.
One critic named Benigno, who runs a propaganda website called Get Real Philippines, said that Robredo’s answers “sounded scripted”. He had zero proof but still made a claim. His followers pounced on it, but the more intelligent netizens called him out for it.
His blog contains positive writings about former senator Bongbong Marcos whose camp requested the debate questions for the upcoming Comelec presidential debates. And this one has a document to dispel any skepticism.
https://twitter.com/lucilleecas/status/1497945063590031361?s=20&t=YwqhOqAdXfdK2E2OvClohw
Benigno has no right to attack Robredo when his bet wasn’t even in attendance, said netizens.
Muntanga 'tong dami-daming kuda sa debate, wala naman kandidato niya na sabi nga ni Walden: Cowards. Idiots. https://t.co/I5AVfwYXLG
— Jerry B. Grácio (@JerryGracio) February 27, 2022
The trolls will do anything to undermine Robredo’s performance.
https://twitter.com/iamlabs_/status/1498025013991309313?s=20&t=jy-hFpaKMaP–0JJdDqgXg
According to political analysts, Robredo impressed voters the most out of all the candidates. She detailed her plans clearly and didn’t look unsure for a second. In addition, she cited specific laws that would be used for progress.
Sana kilabutan talaga yung mga nagsasabing bobo o lutang si Leni. Panoorin niyo #CNNPHPresidentialDebate, kabisado ni Leni ang pangalan ng maraming batas, mga articles mula sa constitution, pangalan ng mga proyektong ginawa niya, mga petsa ng implementation ng mga proyekto at
— Rod Marmol (@rodmarmol) February 27, 2022
VP Leni is a walking thesis. Starts with an introduction of the issue, including anecdotes RRL- mentions a survey like SWS.Methodology-lays out the steps to be done to address the problem.Analyzes, presents the data at hand. CONCLUSION:She's READY to be PRESIDENT. #IpanaloNa10To
— XeusXachina (@DeusXMachina14) February 27, 2022
The Naga native came prepared and eventually converted the undecided to “kakampinks.”
Tunog scripted daw si VP Leni. Aba ganun talaga yun pag handa. Malinaw. Yung sa inyo nga kasi walang tunog. 😉
— Arman Ferrer (@armanfferrer) February 27, 2022
“koDiGo YuN KaSi BAKiT aNg BiLiS nIya Mag NoTes!!”
Oo besh, magaling siya. Next question?
— Jai Cabajar (@jaicabajar) February 27, 2022
Since trolls can’t directly go after Robredo’s clean track record, they resort to name-calling, which has nothing to do with being a leader.
LENI LUTANG TALAGA
Lutang ang plano.
Lutang ang track record.
Lutang ang galing.
Lutang ang katapatan.— K Manuel (@theklmanuel) February 27, 2022
Debate participants have already confirmed that they knew nothing about the questions that would be asked.
At least two candidates prove CNNPH did not release questions in advance, showing pages of notes they took during the live event.
Robredo and Ong share they wrote talk points without assurance they will be asked to answer the questions. https://t.co/l6OT097Fhy pic.twitter.com/2VkrsUHsS1
— Lara Tan (@laratyan) February 28, 2022
Robredo taught her daughters always to take note of important information.
I was like you as a student, @jpgrobredo. I had a fat ballpen with 4 ink barrels (red, blue, black, green) and you press down on the one you want to use. Plus a separate violet ballpen. My notebooks were always multicolored. https://t.co/ogPtUyYwtW
— Citizen Jane (@citizenjaneph) February 28, 2022
