Misleading

A spliced video clip of an impersonator of President Rodrigo Duterte has been passed off by supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo as his endorsement of her candidacy for the May 9 polls.

The man in the video is not Duterte but Jun Alegre, a candidate for board member in the second district of Albay and owner of local radio station Zagitsit News FM.

Duterte said in his recorded Talk to the People broadcast on May 3 that he will not endorse any presidential candidate.

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