Misleading

A YouTube channel used a six-year-old video to mislead netizens that President Rodrigo Duterte is supportive of the presidential bid of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

YouTube channel APONG GLENN on Feb. 23 used Duterte’s comments on Feb. 19, 2016 while campaigning in Batac, Ilocos Norte, when he was still Davao City mayor running for the presidency.

Back then he promised to end criminality in the country within three months if elected to the top post, and he would pass the presidency to Marcos, who was running for vice president then, if he failed to fulfill his promise.

For this year’s electoral exercise, Duterte has not expressed support for Marcos, who is the running mate of his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

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