CLAIM: Bayan Muna party-list group was disqualified by Comelec for communist ties.
RATING: FALSE
Facebook pages and profiles shared a series of posts on Saturday falsely claiming that the Bayan Muna party-list was disqualified by the Commission on Elections ahead of the May 12 polls.
However, the screengrabs provided by the publishers were found to be altered and do not reflect any real reports regarding the alleged disqualification.
The page falsely claimed the progressive group, vying for a seat in the House as a party-list representative, has ties to the New People’s Army and the Communist Party of the Philippines, labelling it a ‘threat to national security.’
A Philstar.com reporter, whose name appeared in the byline of an altered news article, debunked the claim on Facebook, denying that she and the online news platform had published such a story.
She also warned readers to be wary of other Facebook pages reposting and recycling the fabricated reports.
Comelec posted an official statement through its official Facebook page, Saturday night, denying claims of Bayan Muna’s supposed disqualification.
Read the full story on Fact Checked by PressOnePH.