WATCH: Noynoy likens Leni Robredo to Cory Aquino

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, left, and Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo gesture after being proclaimed standard-bearer in next year's presidential election Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 at San Juan City, Philippines. Robredo is the widow of the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, who died in a plane crash three years ago. AP/Bullit Marquez

MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino III on Monday saw in Camarines Sur Rep. Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo an image similar to his late mother, President Corazon Aquino.

Aquino was speaking at the Liberal Party's gathering that declared Robredo as the party's vice-presidential candidate, to run in 2016 alongside standard-bearer Manuel "Mar" Roxas II.

Watch what Aquino had to say about the ruling party's second top bet.

Video courtesy of RTVMalacañang/Released.

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