In reiterating his stance on avoiding “trouble” with China, President Rodrigo Duterte called the Philippines’ historic arbitral win in 2016 against the Asian giant on the South China Sea dispute as “just a [piece of] paper” that he would “throw into the wastebasket,” in a televised address on May 5.
It is no longer surprising that President Rodrigo Duterte backed out of a debate with retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio over the West Philippine Sea issue.
The quote is fake. There are no existing transcripts of any Duterte interviews or news reports on record that prove Duterte actually said this.
Duterte has said no such thing.
The 16-minute video’s content, composed of two clips, also did not support the claim in its headline.
“Hindi [niya] binanggit kahit na kailan” ang tungkol sa pinagtatalunan ng China at Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea noong 2016 na kampanya para sa pampanguluhan, sabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Hindi ito totoo.
President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he “never mentioned” anything about the dispute between China and the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea during his campaign for the 2016 presidential election. This is not true.
The clip, being passed off as "breaking news", spliced a recent news report with a 2017 statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on the country's territorial dispute with China.
Matapos hindi magpakita sa publiko nang halos dalawang linggo, lumitaw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte noong Abril 12 sa kanyang regular na "Talk to the People" address, ngunit gumawa ng tatlong hindi totoong pahayag sa kanyang 20-minutong pag-unang salita.
After disappearing from public view for almost two weeks, President Rodrigo Duterte appeared on April 12 in his regular “Talk to the People” address, but made three inaccurate claims in his 20-minute opening remarks. VERA Files Fact Check reviewed his claims and identified one false, one flip-flop, and another that needs context.