“Ang mga magkasalungat na mga maritime claim ng Philippines at China sa Ayungin Shoal ay isang gray area," ayon kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”
What Vera Files found
Ang Ayungin Shoal ay isang low-tide elevation na hindi maaaring angkinin o maging paksa ng isang sovereignty claim sa ilalim ng international law. Malinaw na nakasaad sa final at binding award sa South China Sea arbitration noong Hulyo 12, 2016 na ang Ayungin Shoal ay "nasa loob ng exclusive economic zone at continental shelf ng Pilipinas" kung saan ang Pilipinas ay may sovereign rights at hurisdiksyon, sinabi ng Department of Foreign Affairs sa isang pahayag, na sinang-ayunan ng National Tas...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 7 August 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 August 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has 62 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 43 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/cP5NZ
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2012624609097411&t=536
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