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Claim: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) withdrew support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after the Supreme Court (SC)’s decision finding him guilty of corruption.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: As of writing, the video posted on September 9 has accumulated 105,291 views, 3,500 likes, and 480 comments. The YouTube channel that posted the video currently has 38,500 subscribers.
Text on the video’s thumbnail bears the claim, which says, “AFP nagwithdraw ng suporta kay PBBM matapos lumabas sa publiko ang katiwalian!” (AFP withdrew support for President Bongbong Marcos after revelations of corruption!)
The video also opens with the claim: “Matapos ang naging decision ng Korte Suprema kinumpirma na ng Armed Forces of the Philippines o AFP ang pag-withdraw ng kanilang suporta kay Pangulong Kuting Jr. dahil sa mga alegasyon ng katiwalian laban sa kanya.” The video uses “kuting” (kitten) to refer to the President.
(After the decision of the Supreme Court, the Armed Forces of the Philippines or AFP confirmed its withdrawal of support for President [Ferdinand Marcos] Jr. due to allegations of corruption against him.)
The facts: The AFP has not withdrawn its support for Marcos. The Supreme Court has also not released any ruling supposedly finding Marcos guilty of corruption. Furthermore, a sitting president enjoys immunity from suit.
Rejected call: In April, Davao Del Norte 1st District Representative Pantaleon Alvarez called on the AFP to abandon Marcos due to the President’s stance on the Philippines’ West Philippine Sea claims, saying that this “is making us go to war with the world’s superpower, China. And that war will kill us all, Filipinos, especially our soldiers.” Both the AFP and the Philippine National Police (PNP) rejected the call.
In May, reports circulated of an ouster plot brewing among the top brass of the PNP. Former senator Antonio Trillianes IV claimed that Marcos’ predecessor, former president Rodrigo Duterte, backed the alleged ouster plot amid a widening rift between the Marcoses and Dutertes. The PNP dismissed these claims as baseless.
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No evidence: The misleading video provides no evidence for its claim. Instead, it merely talked about the supposed lack of due process in the government’s manhunt for Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy, who is now under government custody, following a months-long manhunt. The doomsday preacher faces a string of cases over alleged human rights abuses. (TIMELINE: Saga of KOJC’s Apollo Quiboloy, from temporary detainment in Hawaii to Davao ‘surrender’)
Police operations to arrest Quiboloy at the KOJC compound in Davao City were greeted by protests from church members and criticized by Vice President Sara Duterte as a “gross abuse of police power.”
Supreme Court ruling: Contrary to the claim, the Supreme Court has not issued any ruling finding Marcos guilty of corruption allegations. What the SC recently released was its decision, promulgated in November 2023 but published on September 4, on the Marcos family’s claims on parcels of land in the Paoay complex in Ilocos Norte, where Malacañang of the North is situated.
Ruling that the land is ill-gotten wealth, the High Tribunal declared void and unconstitutional a 1978 lease contract between the late Ferdinand E. Marcos and the Philippine Tourism Authority. With the SC decision, Marcos Jr., as administrator of his father’s estate, lost the bid for his family’s claims on the land. – Ramon Franco Verano/Rappler.com
Ramon Franco Verano is a Rappler volunteer. He is a fourth year History student at the University of Santo Tomas. 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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