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Senatorial bet Chel Diokno’s credentials are not fabricated, contrary to social media personality Jam Magno’s tweet falsely suggesting that they are.

Diokno, who’s running under the Robredo-Pangilinan slate, is a lawyer admitted to the Illinois, USA Bar in 1986 and the Philippine Bar in 1988. He has been the chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group since 2003 and is the founding dean of De La Salle University College of Law.

Vote Pilipinas, the official voter information campaign partner of the Commission on Elections, also lists these credentials. The official Facebook and Twitter accounts of Diokno accurately reflect the same information.

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