Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday rallied supporters to “not lose focus” and fight the latest attack on her family with the truth.
Atty. Barry Gutierrez, spokesperson of Robredo said their “lawyers are studying our options for legal action.” He also said that they have reported the links to the platforms concerned so all of those would be taken down.
“Best antidote to fake news is the TRUTH. Let us not lose focus. Tuloy-tuloy lang ang paggawa ng kabutihan. This was how I survived the last 6 years,” Robredo said in a Twitter post.
Guiterrez, meanwhile, said in a statement: “Our supporters should see this for what it is: A distraction. This is a direct and vile response to the momentum we continue to gain. It won’t yield votes for those who are spreading it.”
He pointed out that the ultimate goal of the hateful attack on Robredo’s family was to annoy supporters and make them lose sight of their utmost goal: Robredo’s victory.
‘A distraction’ - OVP on circulating links to fake video of Aika Robredo
Links to an alleged video involving Aika Robredo, the vice president’s eldest daughter, suddenly surfaced on social media and search engine Google.
Some Filipinos who saw the links advised others to neither open nor engage with the uploaders. Instead, they called on them to report the video and links and have them taken down.
Moreover, they also told others to stop sharing screenshots of the links to prevent people from accessing these links.
Barry Gutierrez, the spokesperson of the Office of the Vice President, said that they have already reported the videos to authorities.
“Links to an alleged sex video are circulating around the twitterverse. This is a malicious fabrication and we have reported it to the platforms concerned para matake-down. Our lawyers are studying our options for legal action,” Gutierrez said in a statement on April 11.