Is Lacson's 'P100,000 debt per Filipino' claim simply 'propaganda'?

Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson at the first nationally televised presidential debates at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and aired on CNN Philippines on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022.

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(Updated 12:41 p.m.) Presidential candidate Panfilo "Ping Lacson" tweeted in July 2021: “After the earthquake, I couldn’t sleep thinking that our national debt has ballooned to P11.07T. Each one of us is now in debt by P100K.”

Recently, 2021 articles from websites "trending balita.online" and "pinoytrendingnews.net" resurfaced on Facebook pages of a presidential candidate and gained new comments and reactions.

The articles quote blogger and radio host Mark Lopez claiming that Lacson’s tweet is “agitprop or agitation propaganda.” The tweet lacks context, he claimed, as its "sole purpose" is to disturb people and make it look like we're buried in debt.

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