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The claim

President Rodrigo Duterte heeds the advise of some Cabinet members that "nothing good" would come out of a debate with retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio and, it would be a "demotion" for a sitting president to engage in a debate with an "ordinary lawyer."

Rating

Flip-flop

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