A false quote card circulating on social media claims that Cagayan De Oro 1st District Representative Lordan Suan said Vice President Sara Duterte is 'not welcome' in the city. The post, shared in a large Facebook group, also linked the statement to the congressman's role as an impeachment prosecutor. Suan's office confirmed the statement is fake, labeling it as false information.
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. : Cagayan De Oro 1st District Representative Lordan Suan said Vice President Sara Duterte is “not welcome” in Cagayan de Oro.
: The post was made by a personal account in the Facebook group “SARA DUTERTE SUPPORTERS,” which has a member count of more than 500,000 users. The quote card cites a supposed statement by Suan, in which he allegedly says, “Similar posts with the same graphic also surfaced across other community Facebook groups. An alleged deleted interview with a snippet of Suan’s statement also circulated online.
Social media users were quick to criticize the congressman, calling him a sellout and a “minion” of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Others left comments criticizing Suan and affirming their loyalty to the Dutertes. : Suan did not make the statement about Duterte. The lawmaker’s office, through Political Affairs Officer 6 Joel Torres, confirmed in a Viber message to Rappler on July 1 that the circulating post is fake.false information .
CLS has never made such a statement,” said Torres. The congressman and Bicol Saro Representative Terry Ridon are the two new members of the House impeachment prosecutors, with the others returning from last year’s aborted impeachment case.that he voted to impeach the vice president as no one is above the law, and that this was part of the legal process for accountability.
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