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A Facebook (FB) page revived this month an audio recording supposedly of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. criticizing his successor Corazon “Cory” Aquino over the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The recording lacks evidence that it was the late dictator actually speaking.

FB page Margel Mariano Love Angel -Forever (created on Nov. 23, 2019) published the post on Jan. 22 and featured three different clips spliced together. The second clip included an image of Marcos and played a sourceless audio recording, allegedly Marcos’, lambasting Aquino for politicking and discontinuing the operation of the BNPP and warning Filipinos that the country will fall after 20 years.

There are no official documents, statements, recordings, or legitimate news reports that corroborate the legitimacy of the audio recording.

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