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Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippines mayoral election from jail cell in The Hague

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Rodrigo Duterte is currently awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for crimes against humanity. Despite this, he has been re-elected as mayor of Davao city, his family's stronghold, with an insurmountable lead of 405,000 votes.

    1. Your vote will decide if we can continue reforms or continue to slide to our doom.
    2. President Rodrigo Duterte thanks you all for your love, your continued support, and your prayers that he will one day be brought back to our country.
    3. In the past months my name and my family name has been dragged through the mud.
    4. This election will decide the future of our country.
    5. We will continue to hold the government accountable, advocate for the issues that matter, and work tirelessly to serve as a strong and constructive opposition.
    1. The people of Davao have this perspective that a political dynasty is OK if it's working.
    2. But it's only working as long as the patriarch, the person who established the political dynasty, is still strong.
    1. The 2025 midterm elections will be crucial, because the results will set the pace for what will happen next, which family or faction will dominate the elections in 2028.
    1. His ICC arrest doesn't really shake their core of who Duterte is but rather, paradoxically, it only reinforces what Duterte stands for.
Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippines mayoral election from jail cell in The Hague