Several Facebook (FB) pages published a misleading video of Vice President Leni Robredo during her campaign sortie in Jagna, Bohol that clipped her statement so it sounded like she was promising a corrupt government.
The video appeared on April 3 and featured a short clip taken from an episode of GMA News’ 24 Oras Weekend where Robredo is shown saying: “Ang pinapangako po namin ni Senator Kiko sa inyo, isang pamahalaan na hindi lang corrupt (What Senator Kiko and I promise you is a government that is not just corrupt).”
One of the FB pages bore the caption: “Pinapangako pala ni Lenlen at Match ang pamahalaang hindi lang corrupt, kundi, lutang pa? Aba’y sobra pa nga. Ang galeng ano? ([Leni and Kiko] are promising a government that is not just corrupt, but also insane? That is too much. So excellent, ‘no?)”
The video was stripped of its full context. The 11-second news clip was taken from the April 2 episode of 24 Oras Weekend where Robredo said the following:
“Ang pinapangako po namin ni Senator Kiko sa inyo, isang pamahalaan na hindi lang korap… Na ‘pag ang gobyerno ‘di korap, ‘pag ang mga lingkod-bayan matitino at mahuhusay, kahit kakarampot ang pera ng pamahalaan, marami ang matutulungan.
(What Senator Kiko and I promise you is a government that is not only corrupt… If a government is not corrupt, if the public servants are sensible and capable, even if the government has little funds, many can be helped).”
A couple of videos taken by DZRH News and Jagna volunteers for Robredo and her running mate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan show her making the same statement right after highlighting the programs that the Office of the Vice President initiated in the province.
This misleading post emerged after Robredo’s grand rally at the old Tagbilaran City Airport in Bohol where thousands of people turned up even though the vice-president has not received any endorsement from local officials.
The video was published by the following FB pages: AkoSi Becky (created on Aug. 5, 2019), Solidong BBM-Sara (Feb. 21, 2022), Alamat Ng PISKI (Dec. 2, 2018) and Lugaw Chronicles (March 16, 2020). Their videos have collectively received at least 20,000 views and garnered more than 4,025 reactions, 280 comments and 11,010 shares.
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