CLAIM: The Supreme Court has ruled that the president must be replaced.
RATING: FALSE
A TikTok user posted a manipulated video that falsely implied that the Philippine Supreme Court had issued an order to replace President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
In a now-deleted post, the TikTok user shared a short clip of two hosts talking about the supposed Supreme Court order to replace a president, with key context removed due to the editing.
Contrary to the claim, Article 11 of the 1987 Constitution states that the Supreme Court is not authorized to impeach the president. The Chief Justice shall preside over the proceedings, but will not participate in the voting.
The original video was from Net 25’s program “Sa Ganang Mamamayan” aired on April 4.
The hosts of the program were reporting on the South Korean Constitutional Court’s decision to impeach then-president Yoon Suk Yeol.
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