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A YouTube account that recently threatened to destroy the car of a vlogger if she did not support Vice President Leni Robredo’s campaign rally in Bulacan City is a newly created account posing as the official account of senatorial aspirant Luke Espiritu.

Espiritu does not have an official YouTube account. He only has official accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

Espiritu is running under the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) with Leody De Guzman as standard bearer, not with Robredo. He was not present in Robredo’s Bulacan City sortie on March 5.

The imposter account created March 3 calls itself as “Luke Espiritu” and has appropriated the senatorial bet’s image as its profile photo. Its About page does not provide any information about the account.

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