MANILA, Philippines — Naga City mayor and former vice president Leni Robredo on Saturday slammed a Facebook user who claimed that she was in Metro Manila every week.
The user, named Niko Perez, claimed that Robredo was “hiding” by going to Manila, when she should be in Naga City.
Robredo said the name of the Facebook troll was not even real and said an unnamed local politician is using that handle.
“This troll started attacking me as soon as I decided to run for Mayor of Naga City. The name being used is an alias. One person used to manage the account before; someone else is handling it now. According to reports, a local politician is paying for it. It became very obvious who it was because when that politician had a different opponent, the troll shifted its attacks to that person instead. Now this account is back to targeting me because of our inspections of substandard public works,” Robredo wrote in Filipino.
The claim, which was posted on Facebook on Wednesday, was later deleted but a screengrab was sent to the former vice president.
“I do not go to Manila every week. My schedule is usually once a month, and I typically travel on a Thursday or Friday so I can spend Saturday with my daughters, two of whom live here in Manila. I return to Naga on Sunday. This is easily verifiable because I post daily updates about my activities,” Robredo said.
