A video circulating online shows supporters of opposing candidates in a brawl supposedly ahead of the May 12 midterm elections. This is false. The clip was taken in 2023 during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
On May 5, at least three Facebook (FB) pages posted the 40-second video showing supporters of rival camps in a fistfight even as authorities try to deescalate the situation.
One of the posts carried the caption:
“Wala pang election mag papatayan na (It’s not yet election [day] but they are already about to kill one another).”
Netizens in the comment section asked when and where the footage was taken.
This brawl is not recent. It happened outside a polling precinct in Nunungan, Lanao del Sur during the 2023 local elections.
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