A group of Filipinos who served in the United Nations on Thursday endorsed Leni Robredo for president in the May 9 elections, citing her "honesty, integrity, strength, and courage."
Comprised of 207 former employees from 30 UN agencies and entities like UNICEF and the World Bank, the group said Robredo's platform of government would lead the country on "right path of transformative change."
"With her, we can all look forward to a government where transparency and accountability, truth and freedom, democracy and justice will prevail," the group Filipino UN Retirees for Leni said in a statement.
"Her bold action to address the challenges of the COVID pandemic in providing adequate health care, financial assistance, and livelihood opportunities are evidence of her kind of leadership: compassionate, competent, effective, efficient, and strategic," it said.
Robredo harnessed her grassroots experience to provide free telehealth and testing as well as vaccines during the pandemic, despite limited resources.
The retirees said they support Robredo's stand on the West Philippine Sea disputes with China and the International Criminal Court's moves to investigate outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war.
They also cited the volunteerism inspired by the Vice President.
"The emergence of the largest network of volunteers in Philippine electoral history and the birth of the Pink Movement that brings together diverse sectors and groups from all over the country prove that the time for change has come!"
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