“Hindi kailanman ako nangako sa mga tao sa aking kampanya bilang pangulo na babawiin ko ang West Philippine Sea. Hindi ako nangako na ipe-pressure ko ang China. Hindi ko binanggit kahit kailan ang tungkol sa [pinagtatalunan ng] China at Pilipinas sa aking kampanya dahil iyan ay isang napakaseryosong bagay.”
What Vera Files found
Sa debate ng presidential candidates noong April 2016, sinabi ni Duterte: "Pag sinabi [ng PCA na] panalo tayo [at] ayaw ng China, hindi ako makikipag-giyera … Pupunta ako sa China. Ngayon, 'pag ayaw nila, sasabihin ko sa Navy na ihatid ako sa pinakamalapit na boundary diyan sa Spratly — sa Scarborough, bababa ako, sasakay ako ng jet ski, dala-dala ko 'yung bandera ng Pilipino, at pupunta ako sa airport nila, tapos itanim ko. Pagkatapos sasabihin ko, 'Ito ay amin at gawin ninyo ang gusto ninyo...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 3 May 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Hindi totoo”.
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
- pcoo.gov.phhttps://pcoo.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210503-Talk-to-the-People-of-President-R…
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