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“President Duterte now claims it would "take more than a generation" to bring peace in Mindanao.”
Rodrigo Duterte President. Claim dated 30 Aug 2020.
Vera Files rated thisFlip-flop

What Vera Files found

In July 2016, Duterte vowed to bring peace in Mindanao before the end of his six-year term.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Rodrigo Duterte (President) made this claim around 30 August 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 7 September 2020, 8 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

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