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A YouTube video claimed that Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero has dismissed the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. This is false.

Posted on June 3, the spurious video shows a document marked “dismissed,” and with a thumbnail that read:

“Chiz umatras na? (Chiz retreated already?)”

With numbers replacing some letters to dodge keyword detection, the title partly read,

“GoodNews Pirmad0 na! Senad0 Nagdisisy0n na Bumaligtad Chiz Umamin kay VpSara?

(Good news, already signed! Senate decided to switch sides, Chiz admitted to VP Sara?)”

The Senate president only delayed the presentation of the Articles of Impeachment initially set on June 2, to June 11, as stated in a Senate press release.

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