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Claim: A crowd chanted “Duterte!” at the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas proclamation rally in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the campaign kickoff for his senatorial candidates.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The TikTok video bearing the false claim has garnered 2 million views, 66,700 likes, and 5,821 shares as of writing. The account that posted the claim has 8,392 followers.
Clips from the proclamation rally of the administration-backed senatorial slate are shown, along with background audio of people supposedly chanting the name of former president Rodrigo Duterte. The text on the video reads: “Duterte ang sigaw ng mga supporters. Pahiya si BBM at mga senators.” (The supporters are crying out for Duterte. BBM and the senators were shamed.)
The same video has been reposted to X (formerly Twitter), garnering up to 18,000 views.
The facts: The “Duterte!” chants were added to video clips posted by Radio Television Malacañang (RTVM), which do not contain any such audio.
According to one of the original video’s captions, Marcos and his Alyansa slate officially kicked off their campaign with a proclamation rally in the president’s political bailiwick of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on February 11.
Videos of the same event posted by Rappler show that the crowd had been chanting “BBM” prior to the President’s speech, not “Duterte.”
The event was the beginning of a series of exchanges between the Marcos-backed Alyansa slate and Duterte-allied PDP Laban candidates. At the campaign kickoff for his Senate slate, Duterte joked about “killing” 15 incumbent senators to make room for his candidates. Marcos fired back at his predecessor, highlighting “stark differences” between his candidates and their rivals. (READ: Alyansa slate defends Marcos’ clapbacks vs Duterte)
The Marcos and Duterte camps have been at odds since their political alliance fell apart.
Fabricated Duterte chants: This is not the first time such fabricated audio was added to unrelated videos, specifically to falsely imply that Marcos was shamed in public events. Rappler previously debunked similar claims of “Duterte” chants supposedly being made as Marcos spoke at the 2024 Palarong Pambansa, with the caption also mentioning the President allegedly being embarrassed.
Other false claims include fabricated Duterte chants during Pope Francis’ East Timor visit and a fitness event in Dubai.
Similar claims using other videos have been fact-checked by news organizations AFP Philippines, PressOne, and FactRakers.
Previous fact-checks: False posts comparing Marcos and the Dutertes have been circulating on social media after the House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on February 5 on the grounds of betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the Constitution, bribery, graft, corruption, and other high crimes.
Rappler has debunked other false claims about the Dutertes:
FACT CHECK: Marcos, Duterte ratings attributed to OCTA Research is fake
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FACT CHECK: No statement from Church of Jesus Christ backing Sara Duterte
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FACT CHECK: No death penalty, life imprisonment for Sara if convicted by Senate
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FACT CHECK: No SC ruling declaring Sara Duterte’s impeachment invalid
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FACT CHECK: Davao City pre-election survey attributed to OCTA Research is fake
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– Shay Du/Rappler.com
Shay Du is a graduate of Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program. This fact check was reviewed by a member of Rappler’s research team and a senior editor. Learn more about Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program here.
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