“Many among the youth have lost confidence in our system of voting because they don't believe the outcome.”
What Vera Files found
The 2019 Deutsche Welle story cited in Marcos' blog only featured two students. The poll cited in the vlog was an informal survey conducted in February by a website, which did not disclose its respondents' demographics.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. made this claim around 20 February 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 24 April 2021, 63 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
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/ty8pZlDG3U4
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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.