Sen. Robin Padilla Asks To Be Called “Robinhood Padilla” on Official Senate Records
ROBIN PADILLA – The actor-turned-Senator sent a letter to the Senate secretariat requesting for him to be addressed as “Robinhood Padilla”.
The 2022 Senator Elections was topped by Sen. Robin Padilla with over 26.6 million votes. He was not the frontrunner of the senatorial race in the surveys conducted prior to the election but he was consistent in being on top when the counting of votes began.
Undeniably, Padilla made rounds online. Some netizens were happy that he got included in the 12 winning senatoriables and is topping the race but there are also those who criticized his visible win. Prior to entering the government, he made a name in the showbiz industry and is tagged as the “Bad Boy of the Philippine Showbiz”.
Despite the criticisms, Padilla did not mind the negative statements against his victory. He showed determination in pushing for federalism in the country.
Sen. Robin Padilla is expected to head the Senate committee on constitutional amendments and the revisions of codes and the committee on public information. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the Senator recently sent a letter to the Senate secretariat making a request to be addressed as “Robinhood” on official records.
The actor-turned-senator’s given name is “Robinhood C. Padilla”. According to the report, his letter to the Senate secretariat which contained his request to be addressed by his full name covers “all Senate communications and correspondences”. According to him, it is an act of showing respect to the institution. The media can still call him “Robin”.
It is Padilla’s first time being a member of the Senate. During one of his pre-election interviews, he stressed that he really came from a family of politicians. His father, Roy Padilla, is a former vice governor of Camarines Norte in the 1970s and was an assemblyman in the 1980s. His mother, Eva Cariño, is a former actress.
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