FALSE: Robin Padilla urges VP Sara Duterte to undergo lie detector test

Neil Clarence Lagat

A quote card circulating on Facebook attributes a statement to Senator-judge Robin Padilla, claiming he called on Vice President Sara Duterte to undergo a lie detector test to settle the case against her during her ongoing impeachment trial. 

CLAIM:
The quote card attributes the following statement to Padilla:

“Ang hindi ko maintindihan kung sino-sino ang tinatanong natin. Bakit ‘di si VP Inday ang tanungin natin para matapos na ito, ipa-lie detector natin si VP Sara para magkaalaman agad. Diba?”

RATING: FALSE

CONCLUSION:

Padilla never made this statement. His office has disowned the quote card, and no official trial record supports the claim. 

THE FACTS:

• A review of official trial recordings and Senate journal entries found no instance of Padilla proposing a lie detector or polygraph test at any point in the proceedings.
• Padilla’s office has issued a statement denying that he made the remark.
• Polygraph tests may be used by law enforcement agencies during investigations, but their results are generally inadmissible as evidence in Philippine courts.

THE BOTTOMLINE
The viral quote card falsely attributes a statement to Robin Padilla. No official record shows that he called for Vice President Sara Duterte to undergo a lie detector test during her impeachment trial.