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Withdraw from race? ‘This fight is more than all of us combined,’ says Robredo
Vice President Leni Robredo's spokesperson, Barry Gutierrez, has denied allegations that Robredo asked other presidential candidates to withdraw from the May elections.
Gutierrez expressed surprise at the candidates' insistence that Robredo was the one urging them to back out.
He reiterated that Robredo has not actively pursued efforts for other candidates to withdraw.
Gutierrez also refuted claims that candidates were offered money to withdraw and campaign for Robredo.
Robredo herself addressed the issue during a chance interview in Bogo City, Cebu, stating that the current "fight is more than all of us combined" and is for the country's future.
She was responding to Manila Mayor Isko Moreno's challenge for her camp to deny pressuring lagging candidates to withdraw, and Moreno's subsequent call for Robredo herself to withdraw from the race.
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Manila Mayor Isko Moreno reiterated his call for Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw her presidential bid, suggesting her run was primarily to block the Marcos family's return to power.
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Manila Mayor Isko Moreno intensified his attacks against Vice President Leni Robredo, accusing her of being the "godmother of bullies" and challenging her to deny orchestrating attempts to make him and other candidates withdraw from the presidential race.
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Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso urged Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw from the presidential race, calling it the "ultimate sacrifice."
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Presidential aspirant Manny Pacquiao, through his campaign manager Buddy Zamora, rejected Manila Mayor Isko Moreno's call for Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw from the presidential race.
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Senator Panfilo Lacson urged presidential candidates to finish the May 9 race and not ask each other to withdraw.
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