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The audio of a one-minute video of presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s Feb. 8 proclamation rally was replaced to make it sound like the audience was chanting “BBM” in support of her political rival Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

This is fake. In videos uploaded on Robredo’’s official Facebook (FB) page, supporters at the rally were actually chanting the slogan “Ipasok si Dick (Let Dick in),” and not “BBM” after the vice president introduced Sen. Richard Gordon, a candidate under Robredo’s senatorial slate. Gordon used this slogan in the 2016 election campaign after it became trending in 2013.

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