First of three parts THE International Criminal Court's (ICC) case against former president Rodrigo Duterte, and his arrest to face trial in a foreign land — the first time it has done so in the case of a former president of a non-African nation — has been a conspiracy of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s camp and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). In her Facebook page, Conti has not denied that she is a member of the party, saying only that she is not an "utusan of the CPP-NPA." But revealingly, she wrote that "besides, it is not illegal to be a member of the CPP." The ICC case was first brought to it in 2017 by an obscure Davao lawyer Jude Sabio (who withdrew it in 2017, and died 2021) and former senator Antonio Trillanes. For the CPP, the project has resuscitated itself as a relevant political force, and according to sources, got from the Marcos camp huge finances and organizational support at this time when the NPA is down only 1,500 rifles and when none of its party-lists are popular enough to win seats in the May elections. Treason This however is the height of treason and political debauchery for any administration: In order to continue to remain in power, Marcos has allied with the CPP that has been trying to overthrow our democracy, and which killed over 10,000 of the Republic's soldiers in armed conflict for the past 50 years. This episode suddenly opened my eyes to realize without any doubt that the ICC case was a communist operation in the service of the Marcoses, because of the intense vitriol thrown at me in the comment section of Conti's Facebook post. Read Full Story
