“Vice President Sara Duterte says she “[did] not understand why a person convicted of child abuse [was] still sitting in the seat of the House,” referring to ACT Party-list Rep. France Castro.”
What Vera Files found
While Castro has indeed been convicted of child abuse last July by the Tagum Regional Trial Court, the case is still pending appeal and she has not been unseated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Sara Duterte made this claim around 27 August 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 9 September 2024, 13 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
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
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