“Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa says he's having second thoughts about pushing his own bill that penalizes drug using with rehabilitation instead of imprisonment.”
What Vera Files found
When Dela Rosa was director-general of the Bureau of Corrections in 2018, he was firm that all offenders of illegal drug use must be meted the death penalty.
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In short
Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa made this claim around 25 November 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 5 December 2022, 10 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa has 26 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 12 of them false or fake, 13 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K3iNOw9DHY
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