“Former president Rodrigo Duterte says he was the first one to say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is a drug addict.”
What Vera Files found
On Feb. 17, Duterte said he never called Marcos a drug addict, explaining that he could have been referring to the president's use of prescription drugs such as antibiotics and pain killers.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 12 April 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 17 April 2024, 5 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://youtu.be/ZzvacsHQEBI?t=126
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