14/03/2025
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No Filipino should be celebrating what the ICC is doing to Duterte.
This isn’t just about him anymore—it’s about all of us, our nation, our dignity, and our right to govern ourselves. What just happened sends a chilling message to the world: the Philippines is weak, its laws are meaningless, and our leaders cannot even defend our own sovereignty.
Think about it. A foreign court, made up of people who do not know our history, our struggles, or the weight of our decisions, just placed itself above our own justice system. They are telling us that our courts, our Constitution, our leaders, and even our ability to judge ourselves as a nation do not matter.
And what does this say to modern imperialist powers? To nations like China, the United States, and the European Union—countries that have long dictated the fate of smaller nations like ours? It tells them that we are still a colony, that we are still at the mercy of outsiders, that they can do whatever they want to us as long as they justify it with their version of ‘justice.’
And here’s the most disturbing part: 7,000 of our own police officers—Filipino men and women in uniform—were sent to arrest Duterte, not by our own courts, not by our own people, but at the demand of foreigners. Imagine that. Thousands of our own law enforcers, made to march against a former president, not because of a decision by our own justice system, but because of an order from a foreign court.
Even if you despise Duterte, ask yourself this: if a foreign court can override our country’s authority today, what’s stopping them from doing it again? What’s stopping them from coming after another president, another leader, or even an ordinary citizen one day?
If the ICC can do this now, then what are we as a nation? Just a playground for the powerful? Because let’s not be naive — countries like the U.S. have killed millions in their wars, yet no foreign court dares to arrest their leaders. Who is holding them accountable?
This isn’t justice. This is a reminder of who really holds the leash. And today, that leash just got tighter around our necks.
So, tell me—is that really something to celebrate?
Paglaban ang bansang Pilipinas! 🇵🇭😡