Claim: Some countries back up incoming President Marcos Jr. showing the power of the Marcoses
Category: False
Complete Details:
In a Youtube video posted by user Pilipinas Malakas, it details the following countries' top diplomats' courtesy call to the duly- elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. It mentions the ambassador to Russia personally conveying President Putin's congratulations and expressing his country's willingness to assist the Philippines in its oil needs, while Egypt's Ambassador invited the President to COP 27 with reference to climate change and with Denmark on renewable energy, and agriculture technology with Israel.
Why we fact-check this: As the duly- elected President of the Philippines, it is a diplomatic protocol for countries' ambassadors and top diplomats to make a courtesy call on him, and is not a validation of the supposed global influence of the Marcos family on other countries. The named countries in the videos did not actually "back up" the incoming President but were only reaffirming the continuing cooperation between their countries and the Philippines- something they would do to any duly-elected Philippine President. This video tries to mislead the viewers into thinking these are all only made possible with President Marcos Jr and not by any winning President of the Philippines.
(The Mindanao Gold Star Daily is part of the more than 100 organizations online initiative from media, coalitions, civil society, business, academe, law, and the religious sector called ‘#FactsFirstPH.’ The initiative aims to collectively push for truth-telling and debunking lies through four steps: fact-checking by news organizations; networking by civil society and grassroots groups; research and analysis by academic institutions; and seeking accountability by lawyers’ groups.)
