HUDCC trends on Twitter as Robredo accepts Duterte’s offer

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HUDCC trends on Twitter as Robredo accepts Duterte’s offer
Netizens welcome the appointment of Vice President Leni Robredo as head of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

MANILA, Philippines – HUDCC became a trending topic in the Philippines on Thursday evening, July 7, after news broke that Vice President Leni Robredo accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer for her to lead the agency.

HUDCC is the acronym of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, the government’s highest policy-making and coordinating office on shelter programs.

It was headed by Robredo’s predecessors, former vice presidents Jejomar Binay and Noli De Castro, during the Aquino and Arroyo administrations, respectively.

Duterte offered the position to the Vice President days after Robredo paid him a visit in Malacañang last Monday, July 4 – their first formal meeting.

 

Social media users welcomed Robredo’s appointment, wishing that it would be the first step toward political unity after the bitterly contested elections in May. 


 

Duterte asked Robredo to attend the Cabinet meeting set for Monday, July 11. 

The country’s top two leaders had made their first public appearance together at the change of command ceremony of the Armed Forces of the Philippines last Friday, July 1. They exchanged pleasantries and Robredo described it as a “cordial” meeting.

The President was previously non-committal about giving Robredo a Cabinet post, saying 5 weeks ago that he did not know her well and he had to consider his friendship with Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who was Robredo’s rival in the vice presidential race. – Rappler.com

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