Footage of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos speaking concerning the execution of a Filipino employee in Saudi Arabia has been shared in posts that clipped his full remarks to make it appear as if he stated the employee “deserved” the demise penalty. A evaluation of Marcos’s full remarks present he was in actual fact speaking about his authorities’s efforts to dissuade Saudi authorities from finishing up the execution.
The video showing to point out Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos telling the press, “The judgment of hanging was truly deserved”, was shared on Fb on July 2, 2025.
The video’s Tagalog-language caption and superimposed textual content point out Marcos was commenting on the execution of an abroad Filipino employee in Saudi Arabia on October 5, after they had been convicted of killing a Saudi nationwide (archived hyperlink).
AFP reported the execution happened regardless of appeals from Manila, with Marcos saying his authorities had exhausted all efforts to stop it.
Screenshot of the false Fb publish captured on July 8, 2025, with a purple X added by AFP
The clip has been shared sporadically since October and resurfaced on Fb, TikTok and YouTube, after Marcos was criticised by former ally Vice President Sara Duterte for doing “too little, too late” to assist Filipinos caught up within the Iran-Israel battle (archived hyperlink).
“Take heed to this, OFWs (Abroad Filipino Employees). Marcos would not care about you,” learn a touch upon one of many posts.
One other stated: “Is that this what ought to occur to our migrant staff? That they need to be hanged?”
However Marcos’s remarks have been misleadingly edited.
The falsely shared clip options the brand of native broadcaster UNTV Information and Rescue, and is dated October 9. A subsequent key phrase search on Google led to the broadcaster’s full newscast, which was posted on YouTube (archived hyperlink).
Marcos’s remarks as aired by the broadcaster may be seen from the newscast’s 5:46 mark. The falsely shared clip omits Marcos saying the Saudi authorities had regarded into whether or not “the judgment of hanging was truly deserved”.
He’s proven saying: “We tried every little thing, and for a lot of, a few years. The Saudi authorities actually tried to look and to make certain that the judgment of hanging was truly deserved.
“Nonetheless, we appealed to the higher nature I assume of our associates in Saudi Arabia to maybe have one other look, they usually did. Sadly, the legislation there may be very strict and apparently the conviction has stood and one among ours has been taken away.”
A transcript of Marcos’s feedback out there from the Presidential Communications Workplace reveals he additionally spoke about offering assist for the executed employee’s household (archived hyperlink).
The false declare has additionally been debunked by native fact-checking organisation Vera Recordsdata (archived hyperlink).
AFP beforehand debunked one other false declare concerning the employee’s execution in October.
