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The official campaign period has not started, but presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is already facing four petitions before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to prevent him from running in the May 2022 elections.

There was nothing on the senator’s official social media pages that resembled the quote.

The fact is three of the ships were commissioned under the Duterte administration, while the other three were commissioned during former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s term.

While the post did not mention infrastructure projects during Noynoy Aquino’s term, many of the recently-inaugurated projects by the Duterte government were actually initiated by the previous administration under its flagship Public-Private Partnership.

The Nov. 19 graphic carried a photo of Imee and a quote that appeared directed at President Rodrigo Duterte for his innuendo about a presidential aspirant who uses cocaine. It was published with the text “Satire MemesHor.”

The photo was actually taken during a caravan organized two days before by supporters of the former senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., who is also running for president in the May 2022 elections.

It was actually taken at his miting de avance in Mandaluyong in May 2016.

The statement attributed to Marcos is made up.

A cursory search showed the clip was lifted from a 13-minute-long YouTube video that was already flagged as false by VERA Files Fact Check last May.

The president also did not name the person nor provide evidence of the allegation.

The Comelec is expected to hear the first petition on Nov. 26.