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TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Nationwide Police (PNP) should to stay loyal to the nation regardless of calls from totally different sectors to have interaction in “partisan exercise”, former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson stated on Saturday.
Lacson, in a radio interview with DZRH, stated that it can be crucial for individuals particularly these from the uniformed companies to confirm data spreading on social media, as they might be swayed by misinformation and disinformation.
The previous senator, who additionally served as PNP chief, stated this after a few of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s supporters on social media urged police and army personnel to depart the service and again the ex-leader.
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“They need to stay skilled and constant to their responsibility. That’s the finest message,” Lacson stated in Filipino in the course of the interview, transcripts of which had been despatched to reporters.
“These days of data know-how, pretend information spreads quick. And we all know that’s of their coaching to conduct fact-checking first. If there are experiences of partisan exercise, they need to not become involved,” he added.
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Pretend information
In line with Lacson, the difficulty of misinformation and disinformation could also be one of many points that he’ll look into ought to he be reelected.
“We should concentrate on penalizing the unfold of pretend information. This threatens our tradition, and contributes to the destruction of our good manners and proper conduct,” he added.
On social media, there have been posts allegedly made by police and army officers who resigned from workplace as they can not settle for that Duterte was arrested and handed over to the Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC).
Nonetheless, there have been netizens who additionally fact-checked these posts. For instance, a put up from a male police officer claimed that he left the service after discovering it onerous to nonetheless be a part of the PNP after it assisted the Worldwide Prison Police Group in imposing the ICC arrest order.
The police officer was criticized by his alleged ex-girlfriend who claimed that the resignation of the officer occurred months earlier than Duterte was arrested.
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