“President Duterte granted convicted U.S. marine Joseph Scott Pemberton an absolute pardon, saying he was treated unfairly.”
Malacañang
Claim dated 7 Sep 2020.
Vera Files rated thisFlip-flop
What Vera Files found
Just four days earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque called a local court's decision to free Pemberton a "judicial overreach."
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In short
Malacañang made this claim around 7 September 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Malacañang has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- pcoo.gov.phhttps://pcoo.gov.ph/presidential-speech/talk-to-the-people-of-president-rodrigo-roa-duter…
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