No Cabinet post for Leni

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has not offered Vice President Leni Robredo a Cabinet post, Malacañang said on Friday, March 2.

"I do not know if the President is considering her (Robredo) to offer any position in the Cabinet," Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said in a press conference in Paniqui, Tarlac.

Roque's statement came a day after Robredo expressed openness to work again with Duterte, should the President offer her another Cabinet post. Robredo, in a television interview on Thursday, March 1, said she was willing to become part again of Duterte's Cabinet, on condition that she can still express dissenting views on national issues.

"Perhaps, I will tell the Presidnent that I will be very much willing to work with him. I would be very much willing to support what he's doing. But if there are things that we don't agree on, I have to say so. If that's fine with him, then okay," the Vice President said. Roque said the Palace appreciates Robredo's openness to join the Cabinet, but as of now, Duterte has not offered her any Cabinet post.

In July 2016, Duterte tapped Robredo as chairperson of the Housing Urban and Development Coordinating Council. Robredo, however, resigned as housing czar in December 2016 after Duterte barred her from attending Cabinet meetings. Ruth Abbey Gita/SunStar Philippines