THE arrest of Past President Rodrigo Duterte by International Criminal Court via Interpol was not exactly a surprise after the apparent flip-flopping by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. no less.

While our fellowmen are discussing and digesting both the future scenarios for FPRRD while under detention in The Hague, and the status of the power struggle between the Duterte faction and the Marcos-Romualdez faction, the plight of families vs. the drug syndicates is being overlooked.

Looming ahead is the impact of this dangerous precedent of a President being hauled to jail for “crime vs. humanity” for the deaths of suspected drug dealers scored during a nationwide campaign against the drug menace, and the collateral damage that went with it.

Just when the citizenry was starting to be confident about its government’s mission and commitment to eradicate the supply chain and trading of illegal drugs, our country’s future leaders are being taught that a drug war in whatever scale is dangerous to their health and political legacy.

Meanwhile, our people have been taught that any political struggle in a country at any time can negate gains from visions intended to benefit our people.  At the forefront are never-ending efforts at destabilization of any political administration by the leftist bloc.  The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is celebrating its victory over FPPRD after weaponizing human rights in tandem with the usual political opposition.

The most valuable lesson is handed to the drug and criminal syndicates – that ICC’s “crime against humanity” serves their cause.  They can use the same course of action, influencing politicians and corrupt enforcers, to invoke “extra-judicial killings” of their network to push back a campaign against illegal drugs.

Even the tough-talking P/Maj Gen Nicolas Torre, himself, was never known to have done his share in the drug war, fighting off drug syndicates. While many police personnel were reported to have been emotional over FPPRD’s arrest, he was certainly not one among them. Perhaps, that explains how he conducted the search for Pastor Quiboloy and effected the arrest of FPPRD. He was never known to share in the mission to eliminate drug syndicates.

We can only pray that the “crime against humanity” will never be weaponized again as a crime vs. criminality by those who benefitted from the ICC experience.

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