“President Rodrigo Duterte said he "used the presidential powers" to turn Congress against broadcasting network ABS-CBN.”
What Vera Files found
In July 2020, Malacañang said Duterte and the executive branch “maintained a neutral stance” in the application for franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, asserting that the rejection of the broadcasting network's franchise application was a "sole prerogative" of Congress.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 27 June 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 28 June 2022, 1 day 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
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=notif&v=544318404063497¬if_id=165623447073335…
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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.