“Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the original author of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.”
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Claim dated 14 Apr 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
Marcos never filed a bill for free college tuition, neither as a senator in the 15th and 16th Congress nor as a congressman in the 9th and 15th Congress. He was not a senator when the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act was passed in the 17th Congress.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 April 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 22 May 2025, 38 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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