Like a house of cards
Here’s one probable, brief explanation of how we unraveled as a country. It began with Duterte’s undeniable charisma that catapulted him to power.
Power slowly slipping away
Rodrigo Duterte has felt it. The noose around his neck is slowly tightening.
FACT-CHECK: PH still legally bound to work with ICC despite withdrawal in 2019
In an official statement released on Nov. 23, Vice President Sara Duterte falsely claimed that the country was no longer obliged to comply with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the crime against humanity of murder, committed in the Philippines between 1 November 2011 and 16 March 2019 in the context of the so-called ‘war on drugs’ campaign” and that any further intervention is “patently unconstitutional” and degrades the country’s legal institutions.
FACT- CHECK: VP Sara Duterte didn’t have a miscarriage in 2017
A YouTube video falsely claims that Vice President Sara Duterte had a miscarriage in 2017 during the attack on the Lapanday foods plant by communist rebels in Davao City when she was still mayor.
Transparency and accountability
Duterte and his daughter, Sara, are not in a position to demand transparency and public accountability when they themselves are not transparent and accountable.