pegasus Role reversal: Ex-VP Robredo now cheerleader to Bam Aquino

Screengrab of former Vice President Leni Robredo’s Facebook live.

MANILA, Philippines — For the 2025 midterm elections, former vice president Leni Robredo and former senator Bam Aquino will change roles, with the former presidential bet being a cheerleader for her campaign manager who seeks a return to the Senate.

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Robredo in a Facebook live on Tuesday said that once the campaign season for the national election starts, she will go all-out to campaign for Aquino.

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Aquino, cousin of former president Benigno Aquino III, was the campaign manager of Robredo when she ran for president in 2022, and her successful vice presidential run in 2016.

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“We can’t campaign yet. But on February 11, it will start. The campaign starts then. We’ll really go all-out, with our former colleagues from the campaign,” she said in Filipino during a livestream, which also featured Aquino who visited Naga City.

Robredo also said that she considers Aquino an older brother even if she is older, as the former senator has guided her during her election campaign.

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“He’s younger than me, but I see him as an older brother because during the national elections, he was the one who took care of everything. I know how good of a person he is, I know how capable he is,” she said in Filipino.

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“I told him I will do everything I can to help him in the election,” she added in Filipino.

Robredo is not seeking any national spot in the 2025 midterm polls, opting to run for Naga’s mayoral post — a position once held by her late husband, former Interior secretary Jesse Robredo.

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Aquino meanwhile is trying to return to the Senate.  He was a member of the legislative body from 2013 to 2019.

READ: Bam Aquino banking on track record, last name in 2025 elections 

He sought reelection in 2019, under the opposition coalition dubbed Otso Diretso, but Aquino and the seven other candidates failed to land a seat.

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READ: Bam Aquino: Opposition has not weakened 

Despite recent surveys showing Aquino outside of the Magic 12, the former senator has been optimistic of his chances.  Aside from Aquinopegasus, another opposition stalwart seeking a Senate return is former senator Francis Pangilinan — who was Robredo’s running-mate in 2022.

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