Netizens are sharing a screenshot of a counterfeit tweet made to look like Vice President Leni Robredo said she will “bring back the Aquino government” if elected president in the May polls.
A reader asked VERA Files Fact Check to investigate the fake photo circulating, posted on Feb. 6 by Facebook (FB) page Kapitan Solomon 2022.
It bore the profile picture, name, and username of Robredo’s verified Twitter account (@lenirobredo), a photo of her with the late President Benigno Aquino III, and the text:
“Ibabalik ko po ang Aquino government. Kung ano ang ginawa ni PNoy noong 2010-2016 sa Pilipinas ay gagawin ko rin sa 2022-2028.”
(I will bring back the Aquino government. Whatever PNoy did from 2010-2016 for the Philippines, I will also do from 2022-2028.)
In a message to VERA Files, Robredo’s spokesperson Barry Gutierrez belied the circulating photo: “She never said this. This is a complete fabrication.”
A review of Robredo’s tweets showed no record of the made-up tweet.
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