“We just give and take. So let's thank [the U.S.] ... and I already gave them a concession. I considered the continuance of ... the Visiting Forces Agreement.”
What Vera Files found
In early 2020, Duterte firmly stated in one speech that he was "not reneging on the VFA," and in another, saying the country had "no business being a republic" if it could not survive without the U.S. After notifying the U.S. of his desire to put an end to the military pact in February 2020, Dutertedelayed the abrogation at least thrice.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 2 August 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 6 August 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- pcoo.gov.phhttps://pcoo.gov.ph/presidential-speech/talk-to-the-people-of-president-rodrigo-roa-duter…
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/Y6iuYOAKysM
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/PresSpokespersonPH/posts/1086196148382103
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