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The late interior secretary Jesse Robredo is probably patting the back of his wife Leni from heaven while telling her "I told you so"
Leni said her late husband might find her winning the vice presidential race funny, given that she had been declining calls for her to enter politics.
"I think a part of him, tinatawanan ako kasi alam niyang ayaw na ayaw kong pumasok sa pulitika," she said.
"Sinasabi ko sa kaniya, never akong papasok sa pulitika. Sabi ko, 'Tama na ang isa sa atin nandiyan, hindi ko na dadagdagan 'yan.' Kaya sabi ko, noong nag-congresswoman ako, at ngayon VP na, sabi ko siguro tawang-tawa sa akin 'yung asawa ko, kasi lagi niyang sinasabi sa'kin, 'Kung ano 'yung nakatakda siyang mangyayari.'"
She added: "Feeling ko lang ngayon, siguro tumatawa siya, sinasabihan niya ako, 'Sinabi na sa'yo.'"
The final tally of the vice presidential race on Friday night showed the administration party's candidate beating her close rival, Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., with a slim margin of only 263,473 votes
The official canvassing of votes came to an end on the day Jesse would have celebrated his 58th birthday.
Robredo, is a long-time mayor of Naga City and an icon of good governance.
He was President Benigno Aquino III's interior secretary before he died in a plane crash in 2012. The following year, Leni was persuaded to continue his husband's political legacy by running for and winning as congressional representative of Camarines Sur.
Robredo also thanked her three daughters for throwing their full support despite their initial opposition to the LP draft
"Alam n'yo po napakaswerte ko sa aking mga anak. Napakahirap po ng pinagdaanan nilang proseso bago nila binigay sa akin 'yung kanilang pahintulot, pero oras na binigay nila 'yung kanilang pahintulot, talaga pong 100 percent 'yung kanilang suporta sa akin," she said.
