Philippines VicePresident holds campaign rally

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(23 Apr 2022) • RESTRICTION SUMMARY: • ASSOCIATED PRESS • Manila - 23 April 2022 • ++NIGHT SHOTS++ • 1. Crowd filming on their mobile phones, pan up to Philippine Presidential candidate and current Vice President, Leonor Leni Robredo, arriving on stage and waving to the crowd • 2. Robredo waving at crowd • 3. Crowd cheering to stage • 4. Screen showing Robredo speaking • 5. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Leni Robredo, Presidential Candidate: • This election is not a simple quarrel between us candidates, this election is bigger than any one of us, because in these elections, we will decide what will be the future of everyone and what will happen to our country. • 6. Robredo talking to crowd • 7. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Leni Robredo, Presidential Candidate: • Everyone believes that if every citizen unites, when we all understand each other, when everyone will fight at the same time, for a decent and proper way of governance, there is still hope for our country. • 8. Supporter holding a placard reading (English) I just wanna ask Leni to be the next President • 9. Robredo supporter Alvin Manuel talking to reporter • 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvin Manuel, Robredo supporter: • She (Robredo) stands for everything we believe in, she has the credibility, she has the track record. (Tagalog) We have proof. She has been really working hard ever since she was put in office and everything that she stands for is something that would really prevent or that would really help us come to this new nation that we want. • 11. Robredo with other campaign members raising arms on stage • 12. Tilt down from fireworks to stage • STORYLINE: • Tens of thousands of supporters attended a campaign rally in Manila on Saturday by Philippine presidential candidate and standing Vice President, Leonor Leni Robredo. • Most supporters wore the insignia pink of Robredo's campaign. • Robredo said the importance of the election was to decide on the future of the Philippines and not a simple quarrel between candidates. • According to the latest polls, she is in second place behind former Senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr., son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. • Campaigning in the Philippines' presidential election started on February 8 with a cast of candidates, with Marcos and Robredo leading from the start. • Both have vowed to bail out a country with decades-long insurgencies, and which the COVID-19 pandemic deepened an already high economic inequality. • The official three-month election campaign for national posts, opened under tough anti-virus restrictions, aimed to reduce the spread of the virus during the large rallies, hallmark of Phillippine elections. • Social media has become a key battleground in the May 9 elections, given the restrictions with many fearing disinformation could worsen in an intense race. • Candidates are competing for more than 18,000 local positions, including provincial governors, town mayors and House of Representatives seats open their campaigns on March 25 under tight police watch due to a history of violent rivalries. • More than 65 million Filipinos have registered to vote in the country and another 1.8 million overseas. • =========================================================== • Clients are reminded: • (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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