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“Isang batas na inakda ni opposition vice presidential candidate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan ang nagliligtas sa mga menor de edad sa parusa kahit na nakagawa ng mga krimen tulad ng pagnanakaw na may pagpatay, panggagahasa na may pagpatay, at panggagahasa.”
Rodrigo Duterte Claim dated 10 Jan 2022.
Vera Files rated thisHindi totoo

What Vera Files found

Sa ilalim ng Republic Act No. 9344, o ang Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act – na pinagtibay noong 2006 at inamyendahan noong 2013 – ang mga kabataang nagkasala na may edad 15 hanggang 18 na napatunayang nakagawa ng mga krimen na may "discernment" ay maaaring managot sa krimen at "napapailalim sa naaangkop na mga paglilitis."

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In short

Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 10 January 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 14 January 2022, 4 days 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.

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