“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. accepted the resignations of 18 high-ranking police officers allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade.”
What Vera Files found
Almost three weeks after the acceptance of the resignations of the 18 high-ranking officers was announced, the PNP has yet to issue a categorical statement clarifying whether they were merely removed from their positions or dismissed from the police service.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 25 July 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 14 August 2023, 20 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has 62 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 43 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- pco.gov.phhttps://pco.gov.ph/news_releases/pbbm-accepts-resignation-of-18-cops-allegedly-involved-i…
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