“In the May 9 elections, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. got the "biggest electoral mandate in history of Philippine democracy.".”
What Vera Files found
While Marcos Jr. did garner the highest number of votes in Philippine electoral history, his share of the vote is only the third highest margin of victory in the country.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. made this claim around 30 June 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 2 July 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has 31 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 20 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- pcoo.gov.phhttps://pcoo.gov.ph/presidential-speech/speech-of-president-ferdinand-bongbong-romualdez-…
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UMGKtM1Ic
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