Leni Robredo Gets The Backing Of Hundreds Of UST Educators

More than 400 faculty members of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) have endorsed the presidential candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo.

This endorsement, according to the group, is a “first” in the university’s history.

This endorsement, according to the group, is a “first” in the university’s history.

“We seek a leader whom our students can look up to and emulate,” they said in a statement posted on the “Thomasians for Leni” Facebook page.

“We need the leader that is Leni Robredo,” they added.

In backing Robredo’s candidacy, they stressed the need for a “competent, committed and compassionate leadership to rise above these troubling times.”

“Our country is at a crossroads. We are in a critical period of our history,” they added.

Maria Leonor “Leni” Gerona Robredo is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and social activist who is the 14th and incumbent vice president of the Philippines.

Robredo was the wife of the late interior secretary Jesse Robredo.