20/03/2025
I WAS WRONG ABOUT THIS SENATE HEARING
In my previous post, I automatically dismissed Senator Imee R. Marcosโ call for a Senate hearing on the ICCโs arrest of FPRRD as useless, believing it was too late since PRRD was already in detention in The Hague.
However, while watching the hearing, it became clear that it has exposed something even more alarming such as the incompetence of our Department of Justice (DOJ) and the law enforcement agencies.
Our government is undeniably fractured, and this vulnerability could mark the beginning of the Marcos administration's downfall.
While I still believe that Bongbong Marcos bears the greatest blameโsince foreign policy falls โsolelyโ under his authority and the ICC arrest could not have happened without his approvalโthe hearing exposed a far more alarming issue:
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
We are spending millions in taxpayer money to pay the salaries of officials in the DILG, CIDG, DOJ, PNP, AFP, and other agencies who lack a basic grasp of legal procedures.
Nakakahiya na hindi nila alam kung paano gawing tama ang kanilang mga tungkulin pero tumatanggap ng libo-libong sahod kada buwan.
The hearing made it clear:
1.) There was no Red Noticeโonly a Diffusion Notice.
2.) Even Interpol was surprised that the Philippine government acknowledged it so quickly, without any judicial determination on whether the ICC accusations hold weight under our domestic laws.
The PNPโs credibility is now in question.
It was widely reported that 7,000 personnel were deployed to arrest FPRRD. Senate documents also confirmed that a memo regarding his arrest was released even before the ICC warrant of arrest came out 3:00 am last March 11, 2025. Meaning, they knew in advance.
Yet, the PNP continues to deny this, despite overwhelming evidence. This has exposed them as an institution led by liars.
The DOJ Secretary Crispin Remullaโs interpretation of the law is also deeply concerning. It has become clear that he sees the DOJ as above the law, disregarding established jurisprudence and landmark cases. Supreme Court PH must be shaking now as DOJ stands more supreme than them.
If this is the mindset of our Justice Department, then laws no longer matterโonly their political agenda does.
Ironically, this hearing may turn out to be an advantage for Rody Duterte. His legal team now has a front-row seat to the governmentโs inconsistent and incompetent justifications.
The contradictions in their statements reveal the glaring lies behind this entire situation. And when there are inconsistencies, there are lies.
In the end, the truth is clear: The ICC arrest did not only expose the failures of Marcos administration, it also strengthened PRRDโs defense.
And Senator Imee Marcos made this happen.
