MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo was disinvited by Malacañang to the first vin d’honneur of President Duterte, her spokesperson said.

“Our office received an invitation to the vin d’honneur via email last Dec. 28,” Georgina Hernandez said in a brief statement to explain the conspicuous absence of Robredo at the traditional New Year reception for the diplomatic corps at the Palace yesterday.

“On Jan. 4, Malacañang called the office to retract the invitation, stating that the guest list was limited,” she said.

And as Robredo stated when she resigned from the Cabinet in December, her office would run on a reduced budget this year.

The disinvite came after Duterte told Robredo to stop attending Cabinet meetings last month due to “irreconcilable differences.”

Duterte said he excluded Robredo from Cabinet meetings after she attended protest actions calling for his ouster, which the Vice President strongly denied.

In a previous interview, Robredo said she tried her best to reach out to the President after her resignation but “it appears that he doesn’t want to talk to me.”

Robredo, however, said she and the President were not enemies.

The Liberal Party, which she chairs, has no capability of ousting Duterte, with only a few members remaining in the party, Robredo said.