A Facebook user claims without offering proof that a foundation outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo is launching on July 1 is a “shadow government” that may seek to overthrow the incoming government of presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
It then shows an image of a list of senatorial candidates on Robredo’s slate and along with their respective sectors. Most of these policy areas match what the candidates had campaigned on.
The post has generated negative comments against Robredo, with some accusing her of planning to raise money and work underground with leftist elements against the incoming government.
The outgoing vice president has repeatedly been falsely linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army.
During the thanksgiving event held on May 13, Robredo announced that she will transform the Angat Buhay program, which she has headed for the past six years, into a nongovernmental organization.
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