“Former president Rodrigo Duterte never ordered the killing of anyone involved in illegal drugs.”
What Vera Files found
Throughout his presidency, Duterte made several statements ordering the police to kill drug pushers and traffickers. The most recent was on April 22 at the 43rd commencement exercises of the Philippine National Police Academy.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa made this claim around 18 July 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 29 July 2022, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has 26 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 12 of them false or fake, 13 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/_sm-c0qZ37s?t=254
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