CLAIM: Vice President Leni Robredo attended an anti-illegal drugs forum where her staff asked for funding for a drug rehabilitation program
RATING: FALSE
A Facebook user named Bryan Young wrongly implied that the Office of the Vice President was only after kickbacks in a post dated April 9.
Young posted a photo of Vice President and presidential candidate Leni Robredo speaking in what appeared to be a meeting with Saidamen Balt Pangarungan, former head of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, and Eduardo Año, secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
He said this was one reason he would not vote for Robredo in the May 2022 election.
Robredo’s camp released a statement via their official Facebook page, debunking Young’s claim that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) asked for funding for a program for drug rehabilitation.
“Hindi magagawa ng Tanggapan at lalong wala tayong intensyon na gawin ang mga akusasyong nakapaloob sa post na ito. Hinihikayat natin ang lahat na maging mas mapanuri sa mga nababasa sa social media,” the camp said.
The OVP has consistently received the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit, from 2018 to 2020.
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