“Former president Rodrigo Duterte admits he had wanted drug addicts killed.”
Rodrigo Duterte
Claim dated 13 Nov 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFlip-flop
What Vera Files found
Earlier, Duterte insisted it was drug lords and pushers he “would be happy to slaughter,” not addicts.
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In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 13 November 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 15 November 2024, 2 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.
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