“Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is a weak leader. He's a spoiled child. He cannot handle a crisis [because] he's a weak leader and he has baggage.”
What Vera Files found
This is a turnaround from President Duterte's stance three years ago (2018), when he expressed that he would be willing to step down if "the likes" of Marcos Jr. would succeed him.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 22 November 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 2 December 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dcead982_M
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/rtvmalacanang/videos/324889281416113
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6q_oU1Xzo0
- cnnphilippines.comhttps://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/8/15/Duterte-better-successor-Escudero-Marcos.html
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