“Camiguin Gov. Jesus Jurdin Romualdo is the "only rich person" in PDP-Laban.”
What Vera Files found
Contrary to President Duterte’s claim, several of his party-mates have declared net worth in multi-million pesos. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, who heads a faction of the ruling party, is the richest member of the Duterte Cabinet with a declared net worth of P1.462 billion in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) for 2020.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 16 October 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 22 October 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/tFMmUgZoZO0?t=902
- pcoo.gov.phhttps://pcoo.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211016-SPEECH-OF-PRESIDENT-RODRIGO-ROA-D…
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- Vera Files: Hindi totoo“Si Camiguin Gov. Jesus Jurdin Romualdo ang "tanging mayaman" sa PDP-Laban.”