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Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero described the short meeting between President Marcos and former vice president Leni Robredo as “symbolic,” saying it was a gesture that most politicians could learn from.

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00:00Why did you let him go first?
00:02For our community, the festival, as a dikulana.
00:07Second, he benchmarked a little.
00:10Because after he won as mayor, he was able to bring his city officials
00:16to benchmark in the city of Sorsogon and in the province of Sorsogon.
00:20That's why I let him go.
00:21He toured our Capitolio, our museum, our people's mansion, and our PDRRMO.
00:29Why did you invite so many dikulana? Why did you invite Lenny to welcome VP Lenny?
00:35We were invited by a lot of people.
00:37Some left early, they couldn't wait.
00:39Senator Soto, Senator Lapid, they were the first ones to go here.
00:43President Marcos didn't make it because they were part of the construction of Sorsogon Arena.
00:51VP Lenny also made it after his benchmark, he waited.
00:55President Marcos came to welcome him to the Philippine Arena.
01:00But you know VP Lenny, he didn't want to go on stage.
01:03So I let him go.
01:05It was nice of him to do that.
01:07But given their history, does it mean anything to you?
01:12Well, let's not talk about history. Our history.
01:15Remember, we fought in 2016.
01:17He won for Vice President.
01:19They fought for President in 2022.
01:22VP Lenny won in 2016, if you remember.
01:26President Marcos won in 2022 as President.
01:30So the three of us have a history.
01:33For me, it's symbolic because in the sports arena, we were together.
01:38An odd trio, right?
01:40And I think it's a good lesson for politicians that happened in the sports coliseum of Sorsogon.
01:50In the career of a politician, we should remember to be a sportsman,
01:55to follow the rules and regulations,
01:57and to accept freely who will win a medal or in this case, in the election.
02:04What did they talk about?
02:06Nothing, they just chatted.
02:08I think this is the first step towards healing any wound, any misunderstanding.
02:16Remember, any debate or difference of opinion is political, not personal.
02:23So it's easier to heal that, it's easier to fix that,
02:27than personal fights.
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