MANILA (UPDATED) — Vice President Sara Duterte visited former vice president Leni Robredo on Friday.

According to Atty. Barry Gutierrez, Duterte visited Robredo at her house in Naga City. 

Robredo learned of the meeting “minutes before” she was informed Duterte was already on her way.

The conversation between Duterte and Robredo, which lasted for about an hour, was “personal and not political”, Gutierrez added.

Robredo confirmed the meeting.

"While she was in Naga City for the Penafrancia Festival, VP Sara Duterte  took the opportunity to visit me at my home. The conversation we had was personal and not political,” she said.

Robredo will run for the mayoralty post of Naga in the 2025 elections, according to the Liberal Party.

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The Office of the Vice President later released a statement regarding Duterte's visit.

 "Vice President Sara Z. Duterte is excited to experience her first-ever Peñafrancia fiesta. She was invited by a Bicolano friend to attend the centennial anniversary mass of the Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of Peñafrancia on September 20. The same friend also arranged a casual meeting with former Vice President Leni Robredo," the statement said.

"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."