“The Duterte administration wants "to find a more enhanced, mutually beneficial, mutually agreeable, and more effective and lasting arrangement" with the United States as it seeks yet another six-month extension of the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).”
What Vera Files found
In a move that surprised many, President Rodrigo Duterte decided on June 1 to temporarily suspend for six months (ending on Dec. 1) the termination of the VFA "in light of political and other developments in the region." This was contradictory to a Feb. 11 statement of then presidential spokesperson and concurrent Chief Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo that Duterte "will not entertain any initiative" from the U.S. government to save the VFA.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Duterte administration made this claim around 11 November 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 18 November 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Where the claim appeared
- dfa.gov.phhttps://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/statements-and-advisoriesupdate/28141-statement-of-foreign-af…
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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.