“Ang mga lokal na opisyal na "hindi magpapatupad ng mga patakaran ng COVID-19" ay maaaring managot sa pagpapabaya sa tungkulin sa ilalim ng Revised Penal Code.”
What Vera Files found
Ang pagpapabaya sa tungkulin sa ilalim ng Section 208 ng Revised Penal Code ay sumasaklaw lamang sa "sinumang opisyal ng publiko o opisyal ng batas" na "sadyang pinipigilan ang pag-uusig" ng mga lumalabag sa batas o "pinahihintulutan ang paggawa ng pagkakasala." Ang Local Government Code (LGC) ng 1991, ang Administrative Code ng 1987, at/o iba pang mga batas na partikular sa COVID-19 pandemic, sa halip na RPC, ang mas nararapat na gamitin sa mga lokal na local chief executive, tulad ng mga ma...
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In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 28 April 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 21 May 2021, 23 days later. Its rating was “Kailangan ng konteksto”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- pcoo.gov.phhttps://pcoo.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210428-Talk-to-the-People-of-President-R…
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/DmZdmfZ3QBg?t=780
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