“In evading the request of the House of Representatives' quad committee to open his bank account for scrutiny, former president Rodrigo Duterte falsely claimed that the account is held jointly with his wife.”
Rodrigo Duterte
Claim dated 13 Nov 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The joint bank account in question is with his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, not his wife.
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In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 13 November 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 15 November 2024, 2 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.
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