When President Rodrigo Duterte speaks, his men scramble to clarify — or they try. Sometimes, their explanation supports the president’s statements; often, it contradicts.
The result is a muddled message to the public on issues of national interest.
This has become almost standard practice in the three-and-a-half years of the Duterte presidency. Here are some of the confusing pronouncements of the president and his alter egos VERA Files Fact Check has tracked in 2019.
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(Guided by the code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter, VERA Files tracks the false claims, flip-flops, misleading statements of public officials and figures, and debunks them with factual evidence. Find out more about this initiative and our methodology.)
