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Cesar Virata is not the country’s first prime minister. Neither is he the first prime minister under the 1973 Constitution.

Senatorial candidate Larry Gadon wrongly identified Virata as the first prime minister while advocating for a parliamentary form of government in an interview with Apollo Quiboloy aired on Sonshine Media Network Inc.’s (SMNI)’s YouTube channel on April 16.

He also incorrectly said the Philippines adopted the parliamentary system under the “1975 Constitution.”

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