Unthinking loyal fans turned fanatics are begging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to free their idol from his hotel-like accommodation and let them bring him home. Their main argument is that their idol is too old to stay in an airconditioned cell with amenities and ready medical response in case of emergency. That reason is unreasonable because their idol, in his old age, had committed crimes against humanity chiefly by ordering the police and military to kill those who had been tagged as users and pushers of illegal drugs. The police and military under his command when he was president were too willing to do his orders that led to the killing of innocent people, over six thousands by police estimation but over twenty thousands according to human rights groups.
The mayhem broke like wildfire, spreading in communities whose officials were required under duress or upon promise of rewards to those who follow what he says. Sidewalks and alleys were splattered with dead bodies of those who were in the narco-list as well as those who were caught in the line of fire for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. With strong backing from no less than the former and now detained president foe doing what are clearly wrong and unlawful orders, the police would get monetary reward which was bared only very lately during the investigation in aid of legislation conducted by the senate and the house of representatives.
The bloody drug war emanated from the city of Davao where the former and now detained president was mayor for so long. It was there where he implemented a campaign against illegal drugs through trusted law enforcers who were loyal to him. The law enforcers were too willing to carry-out a clandestine operation against users and pushers of illegal drugs who were causing fear among peace and law-abiding citizens. Reports of crimes perpetrated by drug addicts were well highlighted by a cooperative media with the aim of informing the people about the unsafe situation of their neighborhood as drug addicts are freely roaming the city streets. The situation conditioned the public mind that there is a need to confront the drug problem with an iron hand.
When the then city mayor of Davao launched an anti-drug campaign to clean the city streets of drug of drug addicts, users, pushers and businessmen involved in the illegal drug trade, the city was reportedly peaceful as people lived in shivers that they might be among the targets of the anti-illegal drugs of the police units in the city. Indeed, the peace and order situation reportedly improved. It was a source of pride that the then mayor who is became a former and now detained president could brag, claiming that his city is a model in quelling the drug menace.
As the ICC had taken custody of the former and now detained president, his fans turned fanatics of the former and now detained president who had the gall to call God stupid appears to be in high trance that people think he is in karma and is the one who is daft.
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