“As vice president, I don’t have any power [over] granting franchises. It will be up to Congress, the House of Representatives, and the Senate … we will abide by the decision of the branch of government that is empowered to do that.”
What Vera Files found
Despite having no power over the matter as Davao City mayor, Duterte-Carpio did not hesitate to express her hope for ABS-CBN’s bid for a franchise renewal two years ago.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Sara Duterte-Carpio made this claim around 1 March 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Sara Duterte-Carpio has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 8 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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