“Kinumpirma ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagkakaroon ng Davao Death Squad noong siya ay mayor ng Davao City, na itinuro ang mga dating opisyal ng pulis, kabilang si Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa, bilang mga miyembro nito.”
What Vera Files found
Noong 2015, sinabi ni Duterte na ang ibig sabihin ng DDS ay Davao Development System, hindi Davao Death Squad. Dati na rin siyang umamin na may kaugnayan sa death squad.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
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 “Flip-flop”.
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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4B2VNoLtI
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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.