“Former president Rodrigo Duterte says it is easy to control corruption.”
Rodrigo Duterte
Claim dated 6 Nov 2023.
Vera Files rated thisFlip-flop
What Vera Files found
Toward the end of his six-year presidency, Duterte said "corruption is endemic" in the government and that "nobody can control" it.
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In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 6 November 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 17 November 2023, 11 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=bAP1coMcrb8&t=687s
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