Itong si dating presidente Rodrigo Duterte, talagang he doesn’t disappoint. Pati International Criminal Court, gina-gaslight niya. “Hurry up before I die.” Subtext: “Ang bagal ninyo,” o di kaya’y “pati matandang mamamatay na, pinapatulan pa ninyo.”
Unfazed. ‘Yan ang mukhang gustong ipakita ni Duterte sa madla. Andoon pa rin ang old swagger, ang alaskador na Duterte.
Walang takot. That’s what he wants to project. In the end, the hearing only proved that Duterte is still performative — still a showman.