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VP Sara: ICC, Marcos worked together to take down Duterte
Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday claimed that the Marcos administration had colluded with the International Criminal Court to take down her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte. In her speech during the Free Duterte Now rally in The Hague, Netherlands, Sara said the ICC decided to prosecute her father for crimes against humanity, with the help of the Marcos administration, in relation to the war on drugs despite questions surrounding claims about unlawful killings. 'Ano sabi nila? 30,000 dead. Nagsimula sila sa 12[000]. Umakyat sila sa 15,000. Umakyat sila sa 30,000. Lahat ng mga namatay - DDS. Pero kung hingin mo sa kanila ang listahan, walang listahan ng 30,000. At anong lumabas sa charges nila? 43 counts of murder. Kaduda-duda pa yung ibang sinasabi ng mga biktima dahil hindi masabi, yung totoo na sila ay biktima ng EJK [extrajudicial killings],' she said. (What did they say? 30,000 dead. It started at 12[000]. It climbed to 15,000. It increased to 30,000. All of those who died were DDS. But if you asked them for a list, there's no list of the 30,000. What came out in the charges? 43 counts of murder. Claims from other victims were also suspicious because they couldn't say the truth that they were victims of EJK.) 'Alam ng ICC na ganyan ang estado ng kaso, pero pinilit pa rin nilang kunin si dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Hindi na nila makuha yun eh. Pero ano nangyari? Binigay siya ng administrasyon ni Marcos. Ginamit, nagkuntsaba ang ICC at ang administrasyon ni BBM. Gamitan tayo dito. Kailangan nyo ng kaso. Kailangan namin palayasin yan dito kasi talong-talo na kami sa politika,' she added. (The ICC knows this is the status of the case, but they still insisted on taking former president Rodrigo Duterte. They couldn't get him. But what happened? The Marcos administration handed him over. The ICC and the BBM administration colluded. They used each other. You needed a case, and we needed to drive him away because we were losing in politics.) In response, ICC spokesperson Fadi El Abdallah said, ''We can't comment on political statements.'' ''The Court is a judicial institution and any challenges raised before the judges would be decided on by the ICC Judges,'' El Abdallah said in an email to GMA News Online. GMA News Online has also sought comment from Malacañang. Duterte was arrested in the Philippines by local authorities on March 11 based on a warrant issued by the ICC. He is currently detained in the Scheveningen Prison in The Hague. Sara said her father's detention lacked basis. 'Mayroong tao diyan sa loob ng ICC detention na nakakulong na ang pinagbasehan ay marites… Meron tayong dating pangulo na nakakulong dahil ginawa niya ang kanyang trabaho para sa bayan,' she said. (There is someone inside the ICC detention that was detained based on rumors… We have a former president that is detained because he did his job for the country.) 'Nakikialam ang ICC sa ginagawa natin para sa bayan natin. Nakikialam sila sa governance ng ating bayan. Nakikialam sila dahil meron silang some sort of, unang-una, agenda at kailangan nila panindigan yung suporta na pera na ibinibigay ng iba't ibang mga bansa para sa kanila at meron silang ina-apply na global order para sa lahat. Nakikialam sila sa pagpapatakbo o sa gusto ng mga sariling Pilipino para sa kanilang bayan o sa Pilipinas,' she continued. (The ICC is meddling in what we are doing for our country. They are meddling in the country's governance. They are meddling because they have some sort of agenda, and they need to justify the financial support provided to them by different countries by showing that they apply global order for all. They are meddling in how the Philippines is being run or what the Filipinos want for their country.) The Vice President continued her call for Duterte's release and return to the Philippines. 'Kaya tayo nandito kasi gusto natin sabihin sa ICC, bitawan nyo na yan. Huwag nyo kaming pakialaman. Dahil bansa namin ito, kung ano yung gusto namin mangyari, kami lang mga Pilipino ang magdidesisyon,' she said. (That is why I am here because I want to tell the ICC to back off. Don't interfere because it is our country. What we Filipinos want to happen should be decided by us alone.) Meanwhile, Sara said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was pretending to be 'kind' and 'low-key.'' 'Nagkukunwari siya na mabait. Gusto niya ipakita sa lahat ng mga tao na mabait ako, pero dahil presidente ka manggagaling pa rin sa iyo ang utos. Hindi siya weak leader para sa akin. Ang basa ko sa kanya gusto niyang ipakita na mabait siya na Marcos, hindi siya tulad noong kanyang tatay. Hindi siya yung Marcos na diktador, ang kanya ay 'lowkey' ang kanyang gustong i-project sa ating lahat,' she said. (He's just pretending to be kind. He wants to show the people that he is kind, but because he is the president, the orders come from him. For me, he is not a weak leader. My take on him is that he wanted to present as a kind Marcos, unlike his father. He is not a dictator Marcos, but he preferred to project himself as 'low-key.') Sara added that she saw no successful projects under the current administration. —with Jay-vee Marasigan Pangan and Mariel Celine Serquiña/VBL, GMA Integrated News
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Altered news report falsely claims victim of Duterte's drug crackdown 'still alive'
The TikTok video shared on March 18 shows a screenshot of a broadcast news report with a woman holding the portrait of an alleged drug war victim. The clip also appears to show the same man -- who claimed to be her ex-boyfriend -- saying she lied that he was killed during Duterte's drug crackdown. "You even told people that I was dead when I am just here working," he said in Visayan. The Tagalog-language news chyron says: "Family members of drug war victims believe justice will be served". The clip also shows text that reads, "Another victim that they claim to be dead but is still alive." Duterte's supporters published dozens of online posts targeting the families of drug war victims, seeking to discredit their accounts of extrajudicial killings after the former president's arrest (archived link). Sheerah Escudero, the woman in the video, said people on social media had accused her of being a liar and a drug addict, with some even sending personal messages telling her she deserved to be killed and beheaded. Her brother Ephraim was found dead in 2017 at the height of the crackdown. Escudero and other kin of drug war victims filed complaints with Philippine authorities on April 4, demanding an investigation into the threats. The false video spread elsewhere on TikTok and Facebook. Comments suggest some users believed the man in the false post was related to Escudero and was still alive. "File charges on that person who misused your not an addict but they made you appear one," one user said. "They say 30,000 were victims of EJK (extrajudicial killings). And then they show a picture of someone who's still alive," another wrote. Google keyword searches of the news chyron in the false video found it originated from a report aired by Philippine broadcaster News5 on March 15, 2025 (archived link). It shows Escudero holding a different picture. News5 said on its official Facebook page that the false video was edited from "a report aired on #FrontlineWeekend on March 15 about the loved ones of the victims of the drug war" (archived link). It asked the public to be more critical of social media posts. Subsequent keyword searches led to the same video in a Facebook post uploaded on the account of a digital creator named Jay Borge Mercado Ugay on March 17 (archived link). A photo similar to the one in the altered video can be seen on his account (archived link). Escudero took to social media on March 18 to dismiss the false video (archived link). "When did you become my ex, Jay Borge Mercado Ugay?" she said. "Also, look at that face -- it looks nothing like Ephraim." Duterte's arrest sparked a firestorm of online misinformation, many of which AFP has debunked.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Altered news report falsely claims victim of Duterte's drug crackdown 'still alive'
The TikTok video shared on March 18 shows a screenshot of a broadcast news report with a woman holding the portrait of an alleged drug war victim. The clip also appears to show the same man -- who claimed to be her ex-boyfriend -- saying she lied that he was killed during Duterte's drug crackdown. "You even told people that I was dead when I am just here working," he said in Visayan. The Tagalog-language news chyron says: "Family members of drug war victims believe justice will be served". The clip also shows text that reads, "Another victim that they claim to be dead but is still alive." Duterte's supporters published dozens of online posts targeting the families of drug war victims, seeking to discredit their accounts of extrajudicial killings after the former president's arrest (archived link). Sheerah Escudero, the woman in the video, said people on social media had accused her of being a liar and a drug addict, with some even sending personal messages telling her she deserved to be killed and beheaded. Her brother Ephraim was found dead in 2017 at the height of the crackdown. Escudero and other kin of drug war victims filed complaints with Philippine authorities on April 4, demanding an investigation into the threats. The false video spread elsewhere on TikTok and Facebook. Comments suggest some users believed the man in the false post was related to Escudero and was still alive. "File charges on that person who misused your not an addict but they made you appear one," one user said. "They say 30,000 were victims of EJK (extrajudicial killings). And then they show a picture of someone who's still alive," another wrote. Google keyword searches of the news chyron in the false video found it originated from a report aired by Philippine broadcaster News5 on March 15, 2025 (archived link). It shows Escudero holding a different picture. News5 said on its official Facebook page that the false video was edited from "a report aired on #FrontlineWeekend on March 15 about the loved ones of the victims of the drug war" (archived link). It asked the public to be more critical of social media posts. Subsequent keyword searches led to the same video in a Facebook post uploaded on the account of a digital creator named Jay Borge Mercado Ugay on March 17 (archived link). A photo similar to the one in the altered video can be seen on his account (archived link). Escudero took to social media on March 18 to dismiss the false video (archived link). "When did you become my ex, Jay Borge Mercado Ugay?" she said. "Also, look at that face -- it looks nothing like Ephraim." Duterte's arrest sparked a firestorm of online misinformation, many of which AFP has debunked.
AFP
09-04-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Altered news report falsely claims victim of Duterte's drug crackdown 'still alive'
The TikTok video shared on March 18 shows a screenshot of a broadcast news report with a woman holding the portrait of an alleged drug war victim. The clip also appears to show the same man -- who claimed to be her ex-boyfriend -- saying she lied that he was killed during Duterte's drug crackdown. "You even told people that I was dead when I am just here working," he said in Visayan. The Tagalog-language news chyron says: "Family members of drug war victims believe justice will be served". The clip also shows text that reads, "Another victim that they claim to be dead but is still alive." Image Screenshot of the false TikTok post, taken on April 7, 2025 Duterte's supporters published dozens of online posts targeting the families of drug war victims, seeking to discredit their accounts of extrajudicial killings after the former president's arrest (archived link). Sheerah Escudero, the woman in the video, said people on social media had accused her of being a liar and a drug addict, with some even sending personal messages telling her she deserved to be killed and beheaded. Her brother Ephraim was found dead in 2017 at the height of the crackdown. Escudero and other kin of drug war victims filed complaints with Philippine authorities on April 4, demanding an investigation into the threats. The false video spread elsewhere on TikTok and Facebook. Comments suggest some users believed the man in the false post was related to Escudero and was still alive. "File charges on that person who misused your not an addict but they made you appear one," one user said. "They say 30,000 were victims of EJK (extrajudicial killings). And then they show a picture of someone who's still alive," another wrote. Edited photo Google keyword searches of the news chyron in the false video found it originated from a report aired by Philippine broadcaster News5 on March 15, 2025 (archived link). It shows Escudero holding a different picture. News5 said on its official Facebook page that the false video was edited from "a report aired on #FrontlineWeekend on March 15 about the loved ones of the victims of the drug war" (archived link). It asked the public to be more critical of social media posts. Image Screenshot comparison of the altered post (left) and the News5 video, with altered elements enlarged using the image magnifier tool from The Verification Plugin, also known as InVID-WeVerify Subsequent keyword searches led to the same video in a Facebook post uploaded on the account of a digital creator named Jay Borge Mercado Ugay on March 17 (archived link). A photo similar to the one in the altered video can be seen on his account (archived link). Escudero took to social media on March 18 to dismiss the false video (archived link). "When did you become my ex, Jay Borge Mercado Ugay?" she said. "Also, look at that face -- it looks nothing like Ephraim." Duterte's arrest sparked a firestorm of online misinformation, many of which AFP has debunked.
