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Palace official apologizes for sharing fake document on social media

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Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Cesar Chavez on June 15, 2017. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/12/06/20170615-dotr-cesar-chavez-md-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Cesar Chavez on June 15, 2017. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Presidential Assistant for Strategic Communications Cesar Chavez apologized Thursday for sharing a fake Palace document on social media.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/21/23/document-that-declared-dec-22-a-special-half-working-day-is-fake-palace">Document that declared Dec 22 a special (half-working) day is fake: Palace</a></li></ul><div> </div><p>Chavez earlier posted on his Facebook page the fake “Proclamation No. 427,” which supposedly declared December 22, Friday, as a special (half-working) day. </p><p>Some media outlets, as well as a number of government offices, took the Palace official’s post as confirmation of the legitimacy of the document and posted it on their own pages as well.<br/> <br/>The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) eventually issued a statement to clarify that the circulating document was fake.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2908656" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In a succeeding post, Chavez said he is taking full responsibility for the confusion caused by his post, as he admitted that he failed to verify the document before he shared it on social media.<br/> <br/>“Apologies. I posted a content that was not first verified by me. For the confusion, the blame should be on me. I take full responsibility for this,” he said.<br/> <br/>The PCO has yet to answer queries as to whether Chavez will face sanctions for sharing fake news.</p>

Presidential Assistant for Strategic Communications Cesar Chavez apologized Thursday for sharing a fake Palace document on social media.

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Palace official apologizes for sharing fake document on social media

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published Dec 21, 2023 02:27 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 22, 2023 10:37 AM PHT

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