‘WITH THE ACCUSED, ALL OF US STAND ON TRIAL’
Kalookan Bishop Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David said in a Facebook post on Thursday that “it was not easy listening” to former president Rodrigo Duterte’s confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“Perhaps the most painful part was not the words of the accused; it was the applause of his audience, the kind of people who voted him into power. The laughter. The approval. The cheering crowds,” he said.
Quoting the Tagalog proverb “Nahuhuli ang isda sa bibig,” David said Duterte incriminated himself and that beyond individual accountability, “with the accused, we—yes, all of us—stand on trial.”
“The lawyer for the victims was right: something happened to us as a people. Many who were once peace-loving Filipinos were slowly shaped into clones of their idol. They became mirrors of the very violence they were witnessing,” David added.
Duterte’s pre-trial hearings run from February 23 to 27, spanning four days.
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PhilStarNews:
Cardinal Pablo David: “Perhaps the most painful part was not the words of the accused; it was the applause of his audience, the kind of people who voted him into power. The laughter. The approval. The cheering crowds.”
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