A Philippine general says that ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened him with lawsuits, refused to be fingerprinted and told law enforcers “you have to kill me to bring me to The Hague.”

This news slipped the headlines for most people. Finally, one of the worst (arguably people will say is not THE WORST) presidents the Philippines has had was arrested by ICC. He lead an extra-judicial war on drugs.

If you don’t understand how big a deal it is that ICC arrested Duterte, let me help you understand: BongBong (Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr, son of ex-President Ferdinand Marcos) allowed ICC to take him into custody. The Macros family is historically the most hated family in all Philippines.

  • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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    13 hours ago

    For extra context as to why, during his presidency, he advocated for the extrajudicial killing of anyone involved with drugs. This led to the mass murder of 10-15k people by police and other citizens, generally based on no evidence. If you wanted to murder someone, all you had to do was say they were a drug dealer and you could kill them with no consequences.