Disinformation, not any plan to rewrite the Constitution, was the thread President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pulled on Friday as he pushed back against his sister’s accusation that his administration is angling to keep him in power beyond his term.
The President placed the blame squarely on those who briefed Senator Imee Marcos, suggesting her information was flawed at the source. “She should fire her staffer who gave her the information. Fake news affects everyone,” he said.
He went further, framing the controversy as a symptom of a wider problem rather than an isolated family dispute. “Fake news is a corrosive influence in all sectors. If you are not part of the solution, you become part of the problem,” Marcos said.
The senator had used a privilege speech earlier in the week to allege a scheme involving Charter change, term extensions, and the possible scrapping of the 2028 elections, backing her claims with a video she later agreed to withdraw from Senate records. Several senators denounced the material as propaganda, while House leaders separately rejected any suggestion that lawmakers were working toward a constituent assembly.
As for whether amending the charter had ever figured into his governance, the President was categorical that the subject simply never arose. “We have never at any point even spoken about it,” he said.
