“Sen. Risa Hontiveros vows to “defy the Constitution.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 23 Jun 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
A circulating video of Sen. Risa Hontiveros vowing to “defy the Constitution” was edited to mislead. The clip was extracted from her June 9 media conference where she emphasized that she would not allow the Senate to defy the Constitution in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 June 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 27 June 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1218255722828118
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