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A Filipino proverb says, 'Ang isda ay sa bibig nahuhuli,' which in English means, 'A fish is caught by its mouth'
Duterte’s appearance in the Senate was engineered by Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go, no doubt to give him a forum to dispute the damning testimonies against his deadly war on drugs that killed thousands of Filipinos.
The former president must have felt he was in friendly territory. The only representative of the opposition in the committee was a woman, Senator Risa Hontiveros, and therefore easily intimidated — or so he thought. As it turned out, however, he did not have the courage of his conviction. When he was asked by Senator Hontiveros if he felt responsible for the death of children and teens like Kian delos Santos and other innocent victims of the drug war, the old man walked back his statement.
Mr. Duterte attempted to portray himself as a macho man who would stop at nothing to rid Davao City and the whole country of drug dealers and criminals, and due process be damned. Alas, he only succeeded in showing that he was weak and easily manipulated.
The old man was merely cottoning up to the armed services in an effort to get them to protect him from possible and imminent arrest for his crimes. Other government workers like teachers, who receive a salary less than that of a patrolman, are conveniently forgotten, perhaps because they don’t carry guns.
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