“I get a salary worth only P194,000 every month.”
What Vera Files found
President Duterte understated his salary -- for at least the fifth time on VERA Files Fact Check's count -- by half. His basic monthly salary is P388,096.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 10 August 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 27 August 2020, 17 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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/nLBXWnRSg_g?t=1731
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.