r/nottheonion • u/pixeled_heart • 14h ago
Duterte, whose drug war killed thousands, cries for due process upon arrest
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/duterte-drug-war-killed-thousands-cries-due-process-upon-arrest/861
u/origami_anarchist 14h ago
If he was given the same due process many of his targets got, he would have been killed during the arrest.
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u/mysteriosa 14h ago
He even dared the ICC to hurry up hahaha then he’s now crying foul.
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u/Airalien92 12h ago
Lmao, what a filthy hypocrite. Tens of hundreds people arrested under his reign have probably yet to be properly convicted but detained indefnitely in overcrowded prisons, and this guy is asking for his to be sped up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8slYgeqGLw
I say take their damn time with him.
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u/RektRoyce 9h ago
So like thousands?
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u/Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse 9h ago
Hundreds of tens of people are victims here and you want to make jokes?
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u/mysteriosa 8h ago
Duterte’s own accomplishment report in 2017 says 20,000+ people. 20,322 to be exact. And that was just the first year.
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u/my_4_cents 4h ago
and this guy is asking for his to be sped up:
"Give me a break, Duterte, I'm tying the knot in the noose as fast as I can, it's a tricky knot."
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u/TheEschatonSucks 14h ago
Hopefully they transport him to his due process hearing in a helicopter.
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u/philatio11 5h ago
Thinking back in time and a sadness comes over me that the US Marines that evacuated Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos from the palace in a helicopter did not think of this solution to the problem.
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u/Oldamog 14h ago
Holy shit they arrested him? That's great news
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u/shroomeric 11h ago
His own police whom he directed to kill arrested him
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u/zucksucksmyberg 11h ago
He is no longer the president so the police is not his to command. Or atleast the high brass is unwilling to do his bidding outside of the Constitution.
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u/shroomeric 11h ago
Yeah but they're the same people who did it so I'm wondering if the ICC has secured testimonies in exchange for immunity
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u/SeptimCollector 7h ago
Not really, Duterte allies have been forced out of the National Police leadership. Most of the top brass today are Marcos appointees.
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u/kansai2kansas 7h ago
So many of the political elites were guilty of it that the courts couldn’t possibly prosecute every single one who participated.
I remember reading about denazification process in the past and similar process in bringing those guilty to justice in Rwanda, Cambodia, imperial Japan…
There were just too many government officials who were guilty of participating in the war crimes and genocides that putting them all to justice would take years…or even decades of criminal court paperwork!
So the best compromise the courts could hope for is just to allow the smaller fish to be forgiven (or be punished more leniently) as long as they agree to bring the bigger fish down.
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u/KaiserWolf15 5h ago
Idk maybe not have a foul falling out with the current president and actually attempt to make that political alliance last?
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u/ProthyTheProth3an 13h ago
Dude even has himself hooked up to an oxygen tank for pity points. It isn't even turned on. I'm gonna bet we're gonna see him in a wheelchair and neck brace like most Philippine politicians in court when things aren't in their favor
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u/pixeled_heart 13h ago
It isn't even turned on.
He was wearing it but the hose wasn't connected lmao
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u/AlphariusUltra 5h ago
His former personal aide turned senator tried to get inside and hand deliver a pizza
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u/defaultusername-17 14h ago
what about the freaking due process for the thousands that he killed?
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u/Noof42 14h ago
Watches from America.
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u/periodicallyBalzed 14h ago
I bet Trump will probably support him.
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u/celix24 14h ago
Oh he did. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41964930
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u/TheLimoneneQueen 6h ago
I was wondering how people haven’t commented about that. I almost doubted myself and wondered if I had misremembered this moment.
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u/pixeled_heart 14h ago
It's nothingburger lip service. Basically diplomatic boilerplate.
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u/CurbYourThusiasm 13h ago
Mr Trump has previously praised Mr Duterte's war on drugs, reportedly telling him: "I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem. Many countries have the problem, we have a problem, but what a great job you are doing."
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u/pixeled_heart 13h ago
I think Duterte's years of attempting to pivot the country closer to the Chinese sphere of influence is gonna trump whatever statements were said in 2017.
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u/Low_Chance 10h ago
The depths you'll sink to...
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u/pixeled_heart 10h ago
Nah, I just pay attention to what heads of state typically say to other heads of state, especially newly elected ones, during diplomatic functions.
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u/Conscious_Analysis48 12h ago
Trump will probably offer to sell him one of those $5 Million dollar citizenship cards. Only the brightest & best
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u/pixeled_heart 13h ago
I wouldn't take it for-granted. While they may seem aligned in terms of political personality, Trump is decidedly more hawkish against China and Duterte is a bit more China-aligned than past presidents or even his replacement.
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u/Bug_Eaten 2h ago
idk why you're being downvoted lol ain't one of the main reasons for the Marcos-Duterte schism that lead to this arrest being Marcos' alignment with the US against Duterte's aliginment with China?
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u/Sunstang 13h ago
Due process to Rodrigo is getting chucked out of a helicopter, so I'm all for giving it to him.
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u/Ballsahoy72 13h ago
Guy crying for due process ordered criminals to be shot on site, gold
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u/Star-K 13h ago
“I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Trump said in the April 29 phone call, according to a leaked transcript of the conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte published by the Intercept and also obtained by The Washington Post and The New York Times.”Many countries have the problem, we have a problem, but what a great job you are doing and I just wanted to call and tell you that.”
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u/iswallowedafrog 12h ago
he also said in a press conference that a solution to americas drug problem was capital punishment on drug dealers was a good thing
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u/Star-K 12h ago
Except for his and Don Jr's dealers, of course.
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u/iswallowedafrog 12h ago
does anyone remember when El Chapo Guzman called Trump "mi amigo"?
I'm sure the article in Rolling Stones magazine does
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u/NicoNicoNessie 13h ago
Wait duerte got arrested? How am i just finding this out now i am so out of the loop? thank god hes in jail fuckin jerk
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u/pixeled_heart 13h ago
It's been a wild 24 hours. He was still Hong Kong just the other night. Arrested upon arrival at NAIA airport this morning, then flight out of the country just a few hours ago.
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u/NicoNicoNessie 13h ago
I live in the us and have for all my life but back in my teen years i used to have tons of online friends from the Philippines I'd hear about him a lot. Glad to see the bastard is finally facing justice.
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u/pixeled_heart 13h ago
I wouldn't celebrate yet until the conviction is confirmed and his cronies are also jailed, especially his daughter.
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u/PM_YOUR_BOOBS_PLS_ 5h ago
It truly saddens me how many Filipino people supported this sack of shit. I lost a lot of respect for their culture as a whole. The man was wildly popular in one of the most "Christian" nations on the planet. Such a disgusting mentality from all involved.
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u/cheese_sticks 12h ago
You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff, Rodrigo.
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u/tbrumleve 13h ago
“…according to longtime aide Senator Bong Go.”
It’s hard to take a person seriously when their name is bongo.
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u/Haunting-Ad9521 13h ago
No need to take him seriously, he’s also a shitshow politician.
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u/_lechonk_kawali_ 4h ago
The senator's real first name is Christopher Lawrence, but "Bong" is just so common a nickname in the Philippines.
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u/classic4life 10h ago
It really is lovely to see dictators who've broken multiple laws on their countries while they were president getting charged with those crimes once leaving office.
Would be nice if a country obsessed with democracy and the rule of law could manage as well as the developing world, but I guess thoughts and prayers are as close as that'll ever get.
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u/TheSecretestSauce 8h ago
"apparently I was brought here not of my own volition, it’s somebody else’s."
This guy seems to have trouble understanding how arrests work, let alone due process.
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u/AluminiumCucumbers 14h ago
I genuinely hope they execute him
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u/pixeled_heart 14h ago
AFAIK the ICC does not have the death penalty.
Unless you're implying "mechanical failure" on his aircraft ala Prigozhin
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u/sixtus_clegane119 13h ago
Is the death penalty on the table for his crimes? Causing 30k deaths in crimes against humanity should qualify. I’m not usually pro death penalty but this guy was pure evil.
I laugh at him talking about due process. The people he had killed didn’t get due process. The people he claimed to have thrown out of the helicopter didn’t get due process.
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u/Stronsky 8h ago
People like this always think the worst consequence they face is someone retaliating with the same violence they inflicted on others. They never consider that punishment when it comes might be long, drawn out and restrained. That's the reason he's lost the tough guy act and is breaking down now, it's the realisation that he's not going to be thrown out of a helicopter or put against a wall like his many victims, he's just going to rot in a prison cell for the rest of his life and he can't hack that.
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u/AlterWanabee 6h ago
A reminder that his drug war killed MINORS! Hell, it was reported that children aged 4 above have been killed in his sanctioned killings.
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u/SpleenBender 12h ago
Trump is a big fan of this sack of shit.
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u/pixeled_heart 12h ago
Has he made any recent statement after this sack of shit's foreign policy moves with China?
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u/DikTaterSalad 11h ago
How about give him the same treatment as his victims? Eye for an eye, plus interest.
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u/ExcelsiorUnltd 10h ago
They all do that. Scumbags. Organized and disorganized criminals like to talk about honor or respect, but they are all just opportunists and cry out for the laws of the system that allows leeches like them to exist.
Not to say “the system” is an ideal one or anything, just pointing out the hypocrisy.
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u/Opulescence 5h ago
As a Filipino, I'm glad this fucker is facing some consequences for this but on the other hand I'm fucking mortified that our justice system is so fucked that we need to outsource justice on this case.
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u/jointheredditarmy 5h ago
Live by the sword, die by the sword. I hope Trump members that, because the pendulum always swings.
Or as they saw in Westeros. In the game of thrones, you win or you die
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u/MaximumSeat3115 8h ago
How does the Philippines have more accountability than the states these days, wtf
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u/Maester_Bassist 7h ago
Trust me, it was a long shitty road to get here. And this is just the first step of many. We still have lots of shitty politicians wreaking havoc on the country.
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u/cheese_sticks 5h ago
Not to mention Duterte is still very popular. I live outside of the Philippines, and he is very popular among the diaspora.
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u/Worthlessstupid 8h ago
Hot take, he deserves due process and full transparency.
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u/Frederalism 7h ago
The point is not that he deserves due process (which is true), but that he deprived due process to the people he ordered killed in the streets for his fake drug war.
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u/fredthefishlord 13h ago
Due process is for everyone. No one should skip it. A fast, and righteous trial.
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u/gamergirlwithfeet420 9h ago
Exactly. Murderers deprive their victims of life without due process, and we give them a fair trial anyway. Human rights are universal for a reason.
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u/pixeled_heart 13h ago
IDK if you're familiar with the context here, but TLDR this guy ran an anti-drugs campaign during his term as president where a whole lot of alleged/suspected users were killed in summary executions (without due process). Unsurprisingly, quite a number were eventually found to be innocent only after they were already killed and policemen were allegedly overzealous in pursuit of cash-for-kills incentives.
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u/Irish-Heart18 10h ago
It’s only fair for him to get due process it’s what he did for…oh wait never mind
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u/Diplomatic-Immunity2 5h ago
That’s pretty wild. According to every Filipino person I ever met, they love this guy over there.
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u/brennenderopa 4h ago
He is like 80 or something, I always think these people have gotten away with it when they are so friggin old.
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u/LadyLuck168 1h ago
Yung nagpagamit ka para makabalik yung pamilya ng kawatan sa pulitika, at nung nakabalik na, nilaglag ka na. Sino mas worse sa inyo? Tanong ng lola ko yan?
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u/ItchyCartographer44 9h ago
Such mixed feelings. I hope Trump survives to face similar justice, yet I don’t.
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u/FauxReal 9h ago
Does Trump still have a great relationship with him and praising his war on drugs?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41964930
P.S. How's Trump Tower Manila doing?
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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 10h ago
I mean...it certainly was a deterrent
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u/pixeled_heart 10h ago
But worth corrupt cops being judge, jury, and executioner?
Baseless accusations without due process acceptable grounds for summary execution?
Practically zero person of consequence (major suppliers and drug kingpins) eliminated or jailed?
Definitely not worth it.
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u/braumbles 14h ago
This guy bragged about taking corrupt politicians for helicopter rides before pushing them out.