The Supreme Court has not received a petition bearing the signatures of 16 million Filipinos calling for the resignation of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
This is contrary to claims circulating on Facebook, where users have shared a photo of the fake Supreme Court statement, as well as posts styled as news articles asserting its existence.
Some now-deleted posts featured the statement, complete with the Supreme Court’s Office of the Spokesperson header and title.
The posts claim that civic groups allegedly filed the petition on March 16 and was accepted by the high court on March 17. The fake statement claimed:
On March 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., the Supreme Court (SC) received a petition seeking to act on the 16 million signatures calling for the resignation of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The petition, filed by concerned citizens and civic groups, argues that the overwhelming number of signatories reflects the people’s will and their right to demand accountability from the government.
According to the post, the Supreme Court said that it had accepted the petition for a “study” and will be consolidated in other petitions to allegedly hold Marcos accountable.
It added that the high court ordered government agencies to submit a comment within 10 days of receiving the notice to explain why the petition should not prosper.
RATING: This is fake.
Facts
On Monday, March 17, Supreme Court Spokesperson Camille Ting said the document was fabricated.
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