The Philippine, former commander, Duttri, was arrested based on the international criminal court order for drug killings

The Philippine police arrested former President Rodrigo Dutti after the International Criminal Court issued an order accusing him of crimes against humanity because of his deadly “war of drugs”.

The 79 -year -old was transferred to the police seizure shortly after his arrival at Manila Airport from Hong Kong.

He did not apologize for the anti -drug brutal campaign, which witnessed the killing of thousands of people when he was the head of the nation of Southeast Asia from 2016 to 2022, and the mayor of Davao City before that.

Upon his arrest, he asked about the basis of the arrest order, “What is the crime [have] I committed? “

Former Dotte Spokesman Salvador Billo criticized the arrest, describing him as “illegal” as the Philippines withdrew from the International Criminal Court in 2019.

The International Criminal Court said earlier that it had a jurisdiction in the Philippines due to the alleged crimes committed before the country’s withdrawal as a member.

But activists were arrested by a “historic moment” for those who died in the drug war and their families.

“The ethical arc of the universe is long, but today, it has bent towards justice.” Detti’s arrest is the beginning of accountability for mass killings that defined his brutal rule, “said Peter Murphy, Chairman of ICHP Board of Directors.

Dotti was in Hong Kong to the campaign in the upcoming elections May 12, where he was planning to run for the city of Davao.

Footage on local TV showed that it would leave the airport using a cane. The authorities say he is in “good health” and is taken care of by government doctors.

“What is my sin? I did everything in my time for peace and a peaceful life for the Filipino people.”

A video posted by his daughter, Veronica Dotti, showed Duttiti at the detention of a hall at the Velameor Air Force Base in Manila. In it, he can hear it wondering why he was arrested.

“What is the law and what is the crime you committed?

Richard Hedari, the Philippine political scientist, said that the arrest of Dutti coincides with “the beginning of a new chapter in the Philippine history.”

“This is about the rule of law and human rights,” he said.

Heydarian added that the authorities had arrested Dotrt immediately at the airport instead of leaving the matter taking its path through local courts “avoiding political chaos.”

“Devtrt supporters were hoping that they would be able to move in terms of public gatherings [use] All types of tactics delay … [to] Pull things until you lose the arrest order. “

Hayedarian said that the demand for justice in the drug war in Dotrt go alongside the political interests of his successor, President Ferdinand Marcus Junior.

Ducherte and Marcos families formed a huge alliance in the last elections in 2022, against Duxe’s ​​greatest desires, his daughter Sarah ran as vice president of Marcus Junior instead of searching for her father’s position.

The relationship has publicly revealed in recent months, as the two families have followed a separate political agenda.

Marcus initially refused to cooperate with an investigation into the International Criminal Court, but with the deterioration of his relationship with the Doter family, he changed his position, and later indicated that the Philippines would cooperate.

It is not yet clear whether Marcus will go to the extent that the former chief of trial in The Hague.

Davao, the mayor of Davao, a spopolis south of the sprawling of 22 years, has occupied it and made it one of the country’s most crimes in the country.

He used the reputation of peace and arrangement in the city to throw itself as a hostile politician who speaks to win the 2016 elections by a ground collapse.

With the fiery speech, the security forces mobilized the shooting of the dead drugs. More than 6000 suspects were shot by police or unknown attackers during the campaign, but rights groups say the number may be higher.

A previous United Nations report found that most of the victims were poor urban males and that the police, who did not need search or arrest orders to conduct raids in homes, were simply forced to make self -discrimination data or the risks facing deadly force.

Critics said that the campaign targeted the motive of the street level and failed to capture large drug princes. Many families also claimed that the victims – their children, brothers or husbands – were simply in the wrong time.

Investigations in Parliament indicated a mysterious “death squad” of reward fishermen targeting drug suspects. Duttiti denied the abuse of abuse.

“I don’t wonder about my policies because I do not apologize,” Duttti said.

“I hate drugs, I don’t mistake it.”

The International Criminal Court noticed for the first time the alleged violations in 2016 and began to investigate them in 2021. Cases were covered as of November 2011, when Doterti was the mayor of Davao, until March 2019, before the Philippines withdrew from the International Criminal Court.

Since the authority was taken, Marcus has expanded the Dotte Drug Control campaign and promised a less violent approach to the drug problem.

Dutete is still very popular in the Philippines because he is the first leader in the country from Mindanao, the South Manila region, where many feel marginalized by leaders in the capital.

It often speaks in Sibuano, the regional language, not tagalog, which is known on a wider scale in Manila and the northern regions.

When he stepped down in 2022, nearly nine out of 10 Filipinos said they were satisfied with his performance as a president – an invisible degree among his predecessors since the restoration of democracy in 1986, according to the Institute for Social Weather Stations Research.

His popular and casual statements earned him the title “Donald Trump from the East.” Russian President Vladimir Putin called “the idol” and under his administration, and the Philippines has interviewed their foreign policy to China away from the United States, its old ally.

Marcus has regained Manila’s relations with Washington and criticized the government of Dotrt for his “Chinese Lakki” as the Philippines are held in a maritime conflict with China.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that it was “closely monitoring the development of the situation” and warned the International Criminal Court against “politicization” and “double standards” in the arrest of Doterti.

Dotteri The daughter of a political heir, Sarah Doterti, tends as a possible presidential candidate in 2028. The current constitution was prevented for his re -election.

Participated in additional reports from Virma Simonette in Manila and Kelly Nug in Singapore