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There is no such thing as a proof that the previous senator implicated Vice President Sara Duterte within the flood management scandal. The declare used falsified graphics and has been debunked by a number of fact-checkers.
Declare: Former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. instantly accused Vice President Sara Duterte of being the mastermind behind corruption within the authorities’s flood management tasks.
Score: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: Two YouTube movies uploaded by “Trending Pinas Information” on January 22 and January 31, used the hashtag #vpsara and featured thumbnails exhibiting pictures of Revilla and Duterte.
One of many movies was titled: “Kakapasok lang! VP Sara Duterte, yari iyak na; Bong Revilla nilaglag ang VP.” (Simply in! VP [Sara]Duterte in hassle, crying now, Bong Revilla uncovered the VP.)
The opposite was titled, “Kakapasok lang! VP Sara Duterte, nagulat, kinanta na ni Bong Revilla utak sa flood management korapsyon.” (Simply in! VP Sara Duterte shocked, Bong Revilla revealed the mastermind in flood management corruption.)
In one of many movies, the video’s narrator alleges that Revilla supposedly said, “Kung lulubog ako, damay-damay na! (If I am going down, everybody will go down with me!) and implicated Duterte within the problem.
The primary video garnered 5,369 views and 170 likes, whereas the second acquired 6,442 views and 109 likes as of writing.
The movies emerged after Revilla surrendered to authorities following the discharge of an arrest warrant in opposition to him and others for a ghost flood management undertaking in Bulacan.
The information: The previous senator didn’t identify the Vice President because the alleged mastermind behind the flood management corruption scandal. No credible information outlet has reported such a press release from him, and there are not any public information or posts on Revilla’s official Fb web page about his alleged assertion.
Vera Information has additionally debunked the declare and reported that it originated from a faux graphic posted on TikTok that used the brand and branding of GMA Information. GMA Information has additionally debunked the graphic, warning the general public to “be cautious and discerning about faux information” and to keep away from spreading it on social media.
In his precise public assertion by way of Fb earlier than surrendering on January 19, Revilla spoke solely about his personal case. He expressed frustration over what he referred to as the “lack of due course of” that led to the issuance of the arrest warrant and maintain departure order in opposition to him.
“Haharapin ko ‘to ng walang takot at alam kong hindi ako pababayaan ng Diyos dahil wala po akong kasalanan dito,“ he added.
(I’ll face this with out concern and I do know God won’t forsake me as a result of I’m harmless.)
At no level within the video did Revilla point out Duterte or accuse her of involvement within the flood management scandal.
Again behind bars: Revilla is at the moment detained on the Quezon Metropolis Jail in Payatas, the place he’s dealing with prices of graft and malversation of funds over a P92.8-million flood management undertaking in Pandi, Bulacan, that was by no means accomplished. That is his second time dealing with a non-bailable corruption cost, greater than a decade since he was jailed — and later acquitted — for his involvement within the pork barrel scandal. (WATCH: Bong Revilla and his corruption circumstances: From PDAF to flood management)
The flood management corruption scandal has ensnared a number of lawmakers and public works officers. Some contractors from the Duterte administration and even a member of the Duterte household, Davao Metropolis 1st District Consultant Paolo Duterte, have been named within the flood management problem, however the Vice President herself has not been instantly implicated within the controversy. – Cyril Bocar/Rappler.com
Efren Cyril Bocar is a journalist from Llorente, Jap Samar who graduated with a level in English Language Research on the Visayas State College. Cyril can also be a graduate of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship of Rappler for 2024.
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