You’re right. The Marcos family is definitely going to benefit from this especially with their strained relationship. Regardless, Duterte must be brought to justice. The Marcos family should too. It just so happens the Philippines got itself in such a mess today that we got BOTH of them in power. Anyway, we must always be critical of both Duterte and Marcos.

Yes. Sara Duterte. She has an impending impeachment trial for corruption.

Yes. They’re “extrajudicial killings”. If you were suspected of drugs, you could get shot by the police even with little evidence. Some police would abuse and do things like planting evidence. Police were also awarded bounties for killing suspects.

Bongbong Marcos is the son of another former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

In 1972, Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law because of “communism” and committed a lot of human rights abuses like imprisoning and killing journalists, students, teachers, his political opponents, etc. He also plundered a lot of money. Up to this day, the Marcos family uses propaganda to disinform the people of the crimes they committed.

So no, there’s no hope in the Marcoses. The Marcos family shoud quit politics and pay back their debt. Anyway, I hope you learned a bit more about our political situation here.

That’s Baybayin. It’s an old Tagalog script that isn’t really used anymore outside of aesthetic purposes. It’s not commonly taught and used in schools for example. Even I couldn’t read this without a guide. There are some efforts to try to revive it though.

Tagalog is usually written with the English alphabet. Like this: Magandang gabi po. Google Translate works.

but why’d the ICC wait this long?

Who knows? Investigation only started toward the end of his term. Duterte was in position until 2022 and even made the Philippines withdraw from the ICC sometime during his term. Since you don’t know, his family has strained relationships lately with the Marcos family (another influential family that committed human rights abuses in the 1970s-80s). The current president happens to be Bongbong Marcos. The way some people see it, it looked like a golden opportunity for Marcos

I’m not here to praise the ICC – they’re very slow and I’m aware of their biases. Nor am I here to praise Marcos for cooperating with them so he can destabilize his political opponent. There’s a lot of gray areas and it’s really complex. The issue is very fresh. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next. We can only speculate. It’s a developing issue.

Anyway, please trust me when I say that Philippine politics is very complicated and messy. I believe it’s true for many countries but as someone who was born in the Philippines as a Filipino and witnessed the Duterte term, I can say that I know my country more than anyone here on Lemmy. Saying things like he’s “little people” and “weak” or “powerless” is completely wrong and offensive to those who suffered. Even while he’s arrested, the Duterte family is still very powerful.

Honestly, if you had worded your first comment as a critique against the ICC for not doing enough and left out downplaying the crimes of Duterte, you wouldn’t have offended so many people. I understand your frustration now, but I hope you understand mine too.

So you’re also not aware that it was the PNP that arrested him? The government was notified of the warrant and simply complied. The current administration is split between two families of dictators (Marcos and Duterte) in case you didn’t know.

It’s only been hours since Duterte was arrested. Who knows what’s going to happen?

Why the fuck do you need it to do your justice for you?

Once again. You don’t understand Philippine politics. You should look at the list of people sitting in government right now and check their relations with the Duterte family. Did you not read the last sentence? Are you not aware of how many of his goons and cronies are in senate?

Lol. You clearly know nothing about Philippine politics if you think this means nothing to us. You Westerners probably think of us as little people too yeah? You really only care about yourselves. Do human rights only matter if its your people?

Please book a flight to the Philippines and tell the grieving families that Duterte is nothing but a “little guy” and his crimes never mattered.

And if you think this is all just in the past, I bet you aren’t even aware that his daughter is literally the vice president right now who’s looking to run for president in 2028. Hmmm…