The special treatment Duterte got during the 12 hour standoff at NAIA and Villamor Air Base was unbelievable.
He requested NO mugshot, and they granted it.
They took him to the presidential area, where he even sat in the presidential chair meant only for the current president.
He insisted on having his own private doctor instead of a government doctor.
They were fed.
So many demands, and General Torre complied with them all. Tapos sasabihin nila na he wasn’t treated well?!
Statement of Leila de Lima on the Arrest of Former President Rodrigo Duterte by the ICC
11 March 2025
This is deeply personal for me.
For almost seven years, I was imprisoned on fabricated charges, accused of crimes I did not commit—all because I dared to speak out against Duterte’s drug war. While I was behind bars, thousands of Filipinos were killed without justice, their families left to grieve with no answers, no accountability.
Today, Duterte is being made to answer—not to me, but to the victims, to their families, to a world that refuses to forget. This is not about vengeance. This is about justice finally taking its course.
I faced my case, knowing I was innocent. I stood before the courts because I had nothing to hide. Duterte now has to answer for his actions, not in the court of public opinion, but before the rule of law. This is how justice should work—those in power must be held to the same standards as everyone else.
To those who have fought this long and difficult fight—your voices mattered, your courage mattered, and today, the pursuit of justice continues.
Former President Duterte now onboard the chartered plane that will bring him to the Hague, one of his lawyers, Martin Delgra, confirmed to reporters. (📸: Delgra) @inquirerdotnet
How ironic that the strongman who built a legacy on bypassing due process now wants it for himself – a right that Duterte denied from the thousands brutally slain in his bloody drug war.
Hindi napigilang maging emosyonal ng ilang tagasuporta ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nang arestuhin ito ng awtoridad umaga ng Martes, March 11. | via Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News