A fabricated quote card that has been circulating online for over a month now claims that former senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson is against naming those who received confidential and intelligence funds under Vice President Sara Duterte.
Lacson has disowned this and warned netizens against spreading misinformation.
Two Facebook (FB) users sent this claim to VERA Files’ Misinformation Tipline (vera.ph/MessengerTipLine) for verification.
The quote card, published on Dec. 10, carried an image of Lacson with this quote:
“The disbursement of confidential funds uses code and aliases dahil sa confidentiality nature ng pagkagastosan (of the expenses). But the same requires an intelligence project where details of expenses were stipulated.
NOW YOU KNOW the WHOs & WHYs of MARY GRACE PIATTOS and KOKOY VILLAMIN.
Don’t show your ignorance by asking the true identities of these persons. Otherwise, hindi na yan (that won’t be) CONFIDENTIAL!!!”
“[The quote card] is obviously fake and obviously manipulated,” Lacson said in a Dec. 13 Facebook (FB) post addressing the claim.
He also told readers to “be vigilant and to verify their information from official and credible sources before sharing, to avoid spreading misinformation.”
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