Filipino former president Rodrigo Duterte arrested after the International Court of Justice in The Hague

Rodrigo Duterte (79), the former president of the Philippines, was arrested today at the airport in Manila. Earlier this week, Filipino media reported that an arrest warrant against him was issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for crimes against humanity in the so -called 'war against drugs' before and during his reign.

Duterte was president between 2016 and 2022. There are an estimated 12,000 to 30,000 people shot They were suspected of drug trafficking, mostly by police officers or gangs who are affiliated with the police. There are just one handful of people.

Since 2018, a group of Filipino lawyers have been trying to get President Rodrigo Duterte for the International Court of Appeal in The Hague. The Court ordered criminal investigation in November 2021, but two months later the case had already stuck. Duterte does not recognize the court and refused to cooperate. As a result, he seemed inviolable for a while.

In 2022, Duterte was succeeded by President Ferdinand Marcos Junior, son of Autocrat Ferdinand Marcos Sr. who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. Marcos won the elections with Sara Duterte as a vice president, she is the daughter of Rodrigo Duterte. Due to the ties between the families, arrest still seemed far away.

Escalating

But in recent months the occasional union between the two powerful families has been broken and an ever -escalating feud was created. For example, Sara Duterte is suspected of one assassination to have planned on Ferdinand Marcos. There is a deposition procedure against her in which she is accused of corruption, betrayal and fraud, among other things.

At the beginning of 2024, tensions between the two families ran high. For example, Duterte called on to separate the southern Philippines from the north. Duterte is known as a populist politician. The call led not to revolts.

There are regional elections in May. Rodrigo Duterte has put itself eligible as mayor From the southern city of Davao, which has been the stronghold of the Dutert Family for decades. For his presidency, he was the mayor of the city for years. His son Sebastian Duterte is currently mayor.

Arrest

According to the Filipino media, Duterte was arrested at Manila airport after returning from a trip to Hong Kong. Taking care of Duterte's ties with China in the background. After Marcos took office, the warm tires that Duterte maintained with China were cooled. Marcos, on the contrary, cited the alliance with the United States.

During his arrest, Rodrigo Duterte was his combative himself. According to local media, he shouted: you will have to kill me, I will not allow the side of a set of white allies to be chosen.

In the Filipino media, numerous politicians and victims of his drug war have responded positively to the arrest.

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