A quote card circulating on Facebook and claiming that Interim Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has endorsed the presidential bid of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is fake news.
Ebrahim clarified that the BARMM has not anointed Moreno, standard-bearer of Aksyon Demokratiko, the first presidential contender to visit the Bangsamoro government on Monday, 21 February.
During the meeting at the Bangsamoro government center in Cotabato City, Ebrahim called Moreno as “incoming president,” which was reported by various national media outlets.
“Hindi pa decided ang BARMM kung sino ang ie-endorse namin na candidate as president,” BARMM interim chief minister Ahod Ebrahim said during a public briefing on Wednesday, 23 February.
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