page_title: Political positions of Leni Robredo
section_title: Human rights, extrajudicial Killings, and impeachment complaints
hierarchical_section_title: Political positions of Leni Robredo / Domestic policy / Human rights, extrajudicial Killings, and impeachment complaints
caption_attribution_description: English: Senator Leila De Lima listens to a PNP-CIDG officer who served the warrant for her arrest at the Senate grounds in Pasay City Friday morning (Feb. 24, 2017). (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)
context_page_description: The political positions of Leni Robredo comprise the foreign, domestic, economic, and social policies held by Leni Robredo, the 14th Vice President of the Philippines. She ran under the Liberal Party ticket and is known for initially being the least popular candidate, with only 3% voting for her in surveys. She eventually caught up to her closest rival, Bongbong Marcos, in the days leading to the elections. She has constantly been a target of the criticisms of President Duterte, leading to the rift and exchange of remarks between the two leaders.
context_section_description: Robredo would air her concern over the vigilantism and violence associated with the Duterte administration's war on drugs despite her support of the policy. She later condemned the widespread violence committed, adding her opposition against the culture of fear that does not value human rights. Robredo would describe the war on drugs as a front to justify the violence. In March 2017, Robredo would voice out sentiments of Filipinos against the police force. She called for international investigations of the administration's method of conducting its war on drugs, opening up other abuses, such as battering up those who demanded search warrants and detaining relatives of the accused. This message was done on video, which was to be screened at the 60th United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna. Days after, Robredo would be subject to an impeachment complaint to pro-Duterte House Speaker Alvarez for her actions. The complaint was written in a letter sent by Oliver Lozano, a lawyer linked to Ferdinand Marcos, describing her as “the termite of the government”. President Duterte would defend Vice-President Robredo, telling his allies to stop plans to impeach her because of democracy and freedom of speech.
caption: A PNP-CIDG officer reads to Senator Leila De Lima her warrant of arrest
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