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Rodrigo Duterte

“The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict is a "very successful" endeavor of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in reducing the numbers of the New People's Army and the Communist Party of the Philippines.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: The NTF-ELCAC is a multi-agency body created through Executive Order 70, which Duterte signed in 2018, under the Office of the President, not the AFP. The AFP chief of staff is one of at least 20 members of the task for…

Social media posts

“Amit Shah stated that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was the first political party to successfully establish prestigious institutes such as IIT, IIIT, NIT, IIM, and AIIMS in India”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The viral video was created by editing the original at different timestamps. At 10:39, Shah claims Congress left Chhattisgarh in a poor state before BJP took over in 2003. At 10:47, he continues to say that transforming…