“New People's Army started anti-government war in the 1950s”
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
Televised public address on coronavirus. Claim dated 22 Jun 2020.
FactRakers rated thisFALSE
What FactRakers found
The communist New People's Army was founded in 1969
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 22 June 2020. FactRakers (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 24 June 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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