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A handout promoting negative campaigning is not among the official campaign materials and assets of the camp of Vice President and presidential bet Leni Robredo.

A pro-Uniteam Facebook user, Team Sario, claimed in an April 30 post that the handout, which insinuates that people should not vote for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the May 9 election, was being distributed during a house-to-house campaign for Robredo.

The handout shown in the video posted by Team Sario states there that when it comes to demonstrating concern for Filipinos, people should vote for Robredo, who is honest, reliable, and righteous, rather than Marcos, who is a liar, corrupt, and convicted tax evader.

The handout is not included in Team Leni Robredo’s media library, which contains all of the official campaign materials and assets of Robredo and her running mate, Sen. Francis Pangilinan, that is uploaded to google drive and is publicly available.

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