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But there is this mixed feeling of joy and hope and anxiety because we do not exactly know where this will end up to what will be the outcome. Will there really be accountability
said Parong, who is also co-chair of the Philippine Coalition for the ICC (PCICC).
Interpol asked for help, and we obliged because we have commitments to the Interpol, which we have to fulfil. If we don’t do that, they will not, they will no longer help us with other cases involving Filipino fugitives abroad,
Marcos said in a late-night presser after the plane carrying Duterte took off
It’s historic for the Philippines, it’s the first time a Philippine president has been arrested for crimes against humanity. That an Interpol-led arrest actually ended this impunity under president Duterte that now has him going to The Hague,
said Ressa, former CNN Manila bureau chief and CEO and founder of news site RapplerThe victims of the drug war – thousands of victims – have pretty much lost faith in the domestic accountability mechanisms in the Philippines. So, they were pinning their hopes on the ICC,
he told CNNFrom my own news, I have a warrant…from the ICC or something… these motherf***ers have been chasing me for a long time. What did I do wrong ?
he saidIt’s very sad that they do this great injustice to our former President. The more they persecute him, the more that the people love him. We must stand by Tatay Digong in these dark hours as he stood for us and fought for us to defend the Filipino people against the onslaught of criminality brought about by illegal drugs,
said Councilor Pilar Braga
It sends shivers down my spine because it reminds me of how my late husband, Attorney Ilagan, was illegally arrested in 1985 when Marcos Sr. was the president,
Ilagan saidHe was not arrested for nothing. His arrest was based on the complaints of the victims and families of the drug war victims,
said Dr. Jean Lindo, chair of Gabriela Southern MindanaoThey are insisting that PRRD (Duterte) get on a plane to who knows where using an ICC warrant which does not have jurisdiction in this country. Clowns behaving like clowns again. This has to end,
the mayor saidSad day for the country. God bless the Philippines,
said businessman Art Milan, private sector representative and co-chair at the Regional Development Council in Davao region.jpg)
In any war, there will always be victims and renegades who abuse their authority. Kaya, there are no winners. Both sides suffer.”
Still, when asked about 17-year-old Kian delos Santos, who became the face of innocent bystanders in Duterte’s drug war, Ilagan saidThe sheer audacity, the naked abuse of power, the shameless disrespect for a former president of the land and the pathetic display of ignorance and abuse of authority, bring to mind that history is repeating itself,
she addedWhat about the hapless victims of the addicts who raped their own sisters, brutally killed their own mothers and members of their families, who committed atrocities that only deranged minds can carry out? Bakit nagkaroon din tayo ng convenient amnesia about the killings done by addicts? If we must bring justice, then it should not be one-sided,
When asked about the victims of Duterte’s drug war, she asked back ... she saidIt’s not because it’s one person or another that we do the things that we do,
he continuedThe thing is we chose to take the path that coincides with our desire to satisfy the international community and unmindful of the repercussions that this will do domestically, especially within the purview of the advancement of the right of a citizen, not a former president, not a former public official but of a citizen of the country like the Philippines that we were not able to uphold,
Calilung said
Well, basically, I really believe that proper legal procedures were not followed. Things happened too quickly and I think the statement that was made by the President runs counter to our internal sovereignty because we were not able to protect a citizen of the country,
Calilung told The Manila Times in a phone interviewNo more Marcos alliance; MASADA is back in action in its original form to carry out a nationwide movement seeking support to get a nod from Inday Sara to run in the 2028 elections. We foresee the rise of Inday Sara as the 'Golda Meir' of the Philippines if she becomes the next president of the country,
Ranque said
And we just willfully submitted to the demands of an international body. So, I believe that we have and we should have made a stand. Yes, I think that we could have done something but we chose not to do it,
he addedThe government is just doing its job.”
Asked on Tuesday night to respond to them, Marcos replied
I am thankful that from 2016 until 2025, you are still here… And in the next election in 2028 — just kidding,
she said in Filipino, sparking immediate speculation about her future political plans