MANILA, Philippines – Visibly tired and, perhaps, just a little bit weary from what had been a long day for many Filipinos, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. addressed the Filipino nation in a briefing at the Palace past 11 pm on Tuesday, March 11.
Many expected a firm, unequivocal address from Marcos that night.
After all, at 11:03 pm that night, a chartered jet on lease by the Office of the President had left Manila for The Hague, with a long stopover in Dubai. Inside was Rodrigo Duterte, once the most powerful man in the Philippines, who has to face a tribunal he’d repeatedly taunted and ridiculed before: the International Criminal Court…