CLAIM: Former chief justice Artemio Panganiban urged the public to stop being anti-Bongbong Marcos.
RATING: FALSE
Ex-chief justice Artemio Panganiban did not douse cold water on critics of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as a social media card bearing the retired magistrate’s supposed statement claims.
The supposed quote reads as follows:
“Huwag po pairalin ang inyong pagka-Anti Marcos. Si BBM po ay nahatulan ng Regional Trial Court (RTC) ng Tax Evasion pero binaliktad ng Court of Appeals (CA) and (sic) ng RTC, kaya nawalang saysay ang decision ng RTC. Hindi po nagsinungaling si BBM sa kanyang COC nang sabihing hindi siya convicted of crime involving moral turpitude kasi nga po binasura ng CA ang ruling ng RTC!”
While the other claims in the post are worth fact-checking, we decided not to bother with them because our investigation found that the former chief magistrate never made the statement. There are no available articles or audio and video recordings of Panganiban making this statement.
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