“Vice President Sara Duterte asks for votes of reelectionist Sen. Imee Marcos , saying she will bring back former president Rodrigo Duterte from The Hague.”
What Vera Files found
As the former president is in the middle of a legal process, particularly the pre-trial stage, of the ICC, he cannot walk free unless the court approves his temporary release. A senator has no power to bring him back from detention in The Hague.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Sara Duterte made this claim around 27 April 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2025, 10 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Sara Duterte has 21 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 16 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/Pc5I-qmuMGM?t=314
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