Amid the ongoing Cabinet reshuffle, a video of Sen. Imee Marcos supposedly urging her younger brother, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, to step down from office is circulating online. This is misleading. The video was first uploaded in 2023.
On May 24, a nine-second clip posted on Facebook (FB) featured Imee supposedly encouraging the president to resign. In the background is an infographic featuring Bongbong and a list of his Cabinet members who have filed their courtesy resignations.
The circulating video also bore this text:
“Imee marcos pinapa resign na ang knyang kapatid na c BBM (Imee Marcos now asking his brother BBM to resign).”
In the clip, the senator can be heard saying:
“Oh, kumusta? Eh, ba’t nandiyan ka pa? Akala ko nag-resign ka na? If you are looking for a sign to resign, eh, ako na ‘yun (Oh, how are you? Why are you still there? I thought you already resigned? If you are looking for a sign to resign, it is me)!
Below Imee’s clip was this text:
“Kahit magpalit-palit ka pa ng sekretaryo mo, ng mga kalihim ng ibat’ ibang departamento, ang problema ikaw mismo (Even if you shuffle your secretaries, the heads of the different departments, the problem is you yourself).”
The video is misleading. In the original video uploaded in 2023, Imee neither named anyone nor addressed her brother.
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