Fact check: Despite lacking expertise, blogger claims Robredo has speech and mental problems

In this March 6, 2020 photo, Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the graduation of Leaders for Excellence and Public Service Mayors’ Fellowship Program Batch 3 at the Quezon City Reception House.

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MANILA, Philippines — A blogger who runs a YouTube channel that has taken numerous jabs at Vice President Leni Robredo has recently claimed in a new video that Robredo has 'palilalia', a speech condition that makes people repeat words and phrases.

CLAIM: "Leni has a limitation in her thinking because of this speech disorder. It's like her mind isn't running straight. Something in her mind is shaken up," he said in the video.

RATING: This is false. 

FACTS:

What the full post said

"THIS IS NOT A JOKE - VP Leni is suffering from a psychiatric disorder. Like broken circuitry in the motherboard of a computer," vlogger Manuel Mejorada said in a tweet in mixed Filipino and English. 

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