Robin Padilla shouldn’t be the principle catalyst of peace talks in Mindanao

There isn’t any document of Padilla actively initiating peace talks between the Philippine authorities and insurgent teams, opposite to the declare

Declare: Senator Robin Padilla initiated peace talks between the Philippine authorities and insurgent teams in Mindanao. 

Ranking: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: The declare might be present in two movies from totally different Fb accounts: “Jack Love Falcis” and “Pitmalu.” 

Though posted in June 2025, the movies proceed to realize engagement on-line as of August 2025. As of writing, the movies have garnered round 159,000 reactions, 4,200 feedback, and three million views mixed.

Each movies, which function the identical script and AI-generated voice, say: “Bakit si Robin Padilla high one sa mga tao? Baka nakakalimutan ‘nyo si Robin Padilla ang dahilan kung bakit nagkaroon ng peace speak sa pagitan ng Mindanao terrorist at ng Pangulo.”  (Why is Robin Padilla high one among the many folks? You is likely to be forgetting that Robin Padilla was the rationale why there have been peace talks between Mindanao terrorists and the President.)

The AI-generated voice additionally says: “Si Robin din dahilan kung bakit nahinto ang bombing sa Mindanao at naligtas ang mga hostage.” (Robin was additionally the rationale why the bombings in Mindanao stopped and the hostages have been saved.)

The information: There aren’t any official data of Padilla initiating peace efforts with insurgent teams in Mindanao. The video affords no proof for its declare and lacks extra context, similar to concrete particulars on the bombing and hostage rescue that it was referring to. 

Padilla had beforehand proven help for a localized peace talks initiative by the Nationwide Process Power to Finish Native Communist Armed Battle (NTF-ELCAC). In a press launch in July 2022, Padilla stated he was in favor of localized peace talks and of institutionalizing the NTF-ELCAC.

The Philippine authorities and the Moro Islamic Liberation Entrance signed a peace settlement on October 15, 2012. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Area (BARMM) was then created when voters from Muslim Mindanao selected to approve the Bangsamoro Natural Regulation or Republic Act 11054. 

Padilla expressed his help for the legislation on September 11, 2014, on the Home of Representatives, however it doesn’t correlate with the declare that he really initiated the peace talks within the area. 

Resurfaced declare: The script used for each movies was copied word-for-word from a Fb put up made by the Fb profile “Echo – Speaks” again on Could 10, 2022, as election outcomes confirmed that Padilla was the front-runner amongst senatorial candidates. 

On the time the declare was made, a number of media shops, together with News5, Altermidya, and Tsek.ph, had already fact-checked the put up. In response to these fact-check articles, the declare of Padilla supposedly initiating peace efforts with Mindanao rebels stemmed from a YouTube video posted by Padilla’s spouse, Mariel, titled “Bakit nga ba si Robin?” Within the video, posted on Could 7, 2022, she highlighted why she was going to vote for her husband within the 2022 elections. 

Within the video, Mariel claims that her husband had been organizing peace talks since 2013, and included a 2014 picture credited to activist Renato Reyes Jr. The picture, nonetheless, was of Padilla speaking to Lumad and Moro leaders throughout a protest caravan, not a photograph of Padilla brokering peace talks. 

Palestine: On June 6, when the primary video was posted, Padilla publicly condemned the “continued inhumane therapy, deliberate hunger, and mass killings” of Palestinians in occupied territories. 

Padilla filed Senate Decision No. 1366 on June 5, Thursday, which goals to name for the “rapid safety of human rights” in addition to maintain perpetrators of worldwide humanitarian legislation violations accountable and unhindered entry to humanitarian help. 

The decision’s first studying remains to be pending. – Jose Emmanuel Thayer/Rappler.com

Jose Emmanuel Thayer is a second-year BA Communication scholar on the College of the Philippines Baguio. An Aries Rufo Journalism Fellow of Rappler for 2025, he’s additionally the information editor of UP Baguio Outcrop.

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