VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo on Wednesday said she is working on coming up with a “unity ticket” for the 2022 elections but admitted that uniting the opposition will entail a lot of work.

“Marami tayong kailangang [trabahuhin] sa pulitika rin. Kasi kung gusto natin na isa lang talaga iyong — makabuo ng isang unity ticket, maraming

trabahong kailangang gawin (We have to work on a lot of things. Because if we really want to come up with a unity ticket, a lot of work needs to be done),” she said in an interview with reporters.

Robredo, the chairman of the Liberal Party, added she was “hopeful” that she will have reached a decision on whether or not to run for president in September. The filing of certificates of candidacy starts in October.

“Iyong sa akin kasi, siyempre, iyong deadline natin at the very latest, end of September (For me, of course, the deadline at the very latest is end of September),” she said.

She explained that what was delaying her political planning was her programs and initiatives in helping address the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Ang problema, hindi tayo maka-concentrate dahil sa iyong mga halos araw-araw namin nasa Covid-19 response operations talaga (The problem is I can’t concentrate because of our daily Covid-19 response operations),” Robredo said.

“Pero kailangan nang isingitsingit siya — iyong pag-work on it. So hopefully, marami iyong mag-agree na to come together para mapag-usapan. Isang bagay iyon na tinatrabaho ko ngayon. Pero mayroon pa tayong until September to do that (But we have to start putting in some work on it every now and then. So hopefully, many will agree to come together to talk about it. That’s one thing I’m working on right now. But we still have until September to do that),” she added.

Robredo is one of the nominees of 1Sambayan coalition for president. She has not rejected the nomination and has remained open to uniting with other groups, stressing the opposition should only field one candidate to challenge the Duterte administration in 2022.

The vice president earlier said she was also open to running for governor in Camarines Sur, her home province.