TURNING ....

truth is crystal clear that Marcos would allow the ICC to conduct its business in the Philippines.

This unexpected turn of events naturally enraged and turned the Dutertes ballistic.

On Sunday evening, January 29, the former president accused Marcos of wanting to stay in power beyond the prescribed term limit through Charter change and claimed the President has been a “drug addict.” He called out Marcos for reneging on his promise on his possible ICC case

Sebastian Duterte, the incumbent mayor of Davao City, joined the fray, demanding for Marcos’ resignation for being lazy and without compassion, with no sense of gratitude, who has no qualms in putting his father in prison, the very person who moved for the burial of the remains of the dictator Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Meanwhile, Vice President Sara Duterte, who tried hard to avoid the trade of barbs between the two camps, suddenly found herself in the limelight, too, when from nowhere former Davao Senior Police Officer Arturo Lascañas accused her as the “pasimuno” (initiator) of Oplan Tokhang in Davao City during her stint as mayor in 2012, with then now senator Bato de la Rosa as her Chief of Police executing it.

Lascañas, who figured prominently as one of the key operators of the Davao Death Squad, claimed that some 3,000 suspected drug personalities were killed under Tokhang. Those killed were buried to avoid any trace of their disappearance. Dela Rosa adopted Tokhang as a national program to end the drug menace when he became Director General of the Philippine National Police.

The revelation on Sara was disclosed by Lascañas, when he faced the media (24 Oras report of Saleema Refran) following the end of the pre-trial investigation of the ICC, where he served as a witness, on the alleged crimes against humanity under the drug war of the Duterte regime.

The unholy alliance of the Marcoses and the Dutertes against the Filipino people has crumbled. They are now cutting each other’s throat.

There is, actually, no difference between these two political dynasties; their primary concern is to perpetuate themselves in power and grab all economic perks and opportunities while on top.

The Dutertes’ rendezvous with the ICC may end their fortune. But we have the misfortune of remaining under the impoverishing rule of the Marcos dynasty.