Claim: Presidential Candidate Ma. Leonor Robredo are the following:
1. Robredo is affiliated with the Aquinos and the Liberal Party.
2. She is a communist sympathizer
3. She is running solely to be run against Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
4. She is incompetent
5. She is like former Presidential candidate Mar Roxas, and is also resorting to cheap tricks and gimmickry.
Category: False
Complete Details: a Facebook post by KLC Happy Thoughts and Cellphone Repair shared a post by a Manuel Castaneda who stated his reasons why he won’t vote for PResidential candidate Ma. Leonor G. Robredo. He states the following reasons: 1. Robredo is affiliated with the Aquinos and the Liberal Party. She is a communist sympathizer 3. She is running solely to be run against Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 4. She is incompetent 5. She is like former Presidential candidate Mar Roxas, and is also resorting to cheap tricks and gimmickry.
Why we fact check this: The post aims to deceive the readers that all the allegations made are factual, when in fact there is no proof presented by the person who posted this and is merely an attempt to besmirch the reputation of Robredo in an effort to persuade the people not to vote for her.
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