When the Philippine Daily Inquirer uploaded a photo of Vice President Leni Robredo taking her oath at around 9 in the morning on June 30, their caption caused quite a stir. It goes:
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“Leni Robredo on Thursday took her oath as the 14th vice president of the Republic of the Philippines, the only second woman to rise as President-in-reserve.”
There were netizens who reacted negatively to the term Inquirer used to describe Robredo’s position as “President-in-reserve.”
Some interpreted this as an allusion to Robredo eyeing the presidency and considered it “alarming.” Others even brought up anti-Liberal Party sentiments by saying that this could mean “Plan B” is once again in order. One Facebook user also deemed “President in Reserve” as a “very schemy word.”
There were netizens, though, who were quite happy in congratulating Robredo.
But an obviously anti-LP Facebook page posted this meme, drawing more attention to the term “President-in-reserve” used by Inquirer. It even came with a caption:
“Inquirer invented a new job title: Leni is President-in-reserve. Tapos galit pag nasasabihan ng yellow biased media.”
Did Inquirer really make up that title for a vice president?
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