VP Sara meets with ex-VP Robredo in Naga City

Vice President Sara Duterte met with her predecessor, former Vice President Leni Robredo, in the latter's residence in Naga City.

The information was disclosed by Robredo's spokesperson Barry Gutierrez.

"Former VP Leni Robredo was in Naga for the Penafrancia Festival. While she was there, VP Sara Duterte visited her at her house," Gutierrez said.

According to Gutierrez, the conversation during Duterte's visit was "personal and not political."

"VP Leni was informed of the visit only minutes before when she was told that VP Sara was already on the way. The visit lasted for about an hour," he added.

The Dutertes, particularly former President Rodrigo Duterte, are staunch critics of the opposition Liberal Party, which Robredo previously headed.

'Neither looked desperate nor distressed'

VP Sara at the Naga Cathedral (Photo courtesy of Maribel Bernas)

In a statement, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said Duterte was invited by a Bicolano friend to attend the centennial anniversary Mass of the Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of Peñafrancia on Friday.

"The same friend also arranged a casual meeting with former Vice President Leni Robredo," the statement read.

"During her stay in Naga, Vice President Duterte visited several prominent Bicol personalities and heard Mass with ordinary Bicolanos. She neither looked desperate nor distressed," it added. —LDF/VBL, GMA Integrated News