CLAIM: Marcos Sr., talking in Tagalog, wanted his children to become lawyers first before becoming president.
RATING: FALSE
An altered video of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. has surfaced on TikTok.
The video, posted on the short-video platform by user “acuezaburk” on March 17, has garnered 80 likes and 38 shares as of writing.
The audio included in the TikTok video makes it appear that it was the former president speaking in Tagalog, talking about his children finishing law school, passing the bar and possibly becoming president in the future.
The actual video was taken from the website of C-SPAN, a public affairs network in the US. The original video, dated Sept. 17, 1982, shows Marcos Sr. addressing the National Press Club of America about different issues in the Philippines.
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