“Former president Rodrigo Duterte somersaults on constitutional amendment, saying the administration's push for Charter change is meant to prolong the term of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”
What Vera Files found
In February, Duterte said Charter change is all right provided the incumbents and the set of leaders who will be elected in the next election would not benefit from it. In January, he said the Constitution is perfect and that he sees no need for change, contrary to his previous position, pushing for a shift to federalism, which needed a revision of the Constitution.
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In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 12 March 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 14 March 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.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/h_ONUV7abJM?feature=shared&t=684
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