“Drug addicts should be treated as "victims in dire need of [medical, psychological, and spiritual] assistance.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Sep 2020.
Vera Files rated thisFlip-flop
What Vera Files found
This contradicts Go's stance in April 2020, when he said he had "extra" body bags for "drug addicts and peddlers of fake news," and November 2019, when he questioned the Commission on Human Rights for protecting "criminals."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 September 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 11 October 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/5k8DPy_JhU0?t=2952
Links recorded by Vera Files. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.