By Clarist Mae Zablan
(March 11, 2025) – Families of drug war victims on Tuesday hailed the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against him in connection to his bloody and brutal drug war policy.
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Teresita Campo and Maria Belen Daa — both mothers of drug war victims — were among those who attended a mass at the Ina ng Lupang Pangako Parish in Payatas, Quezon City, following Duterte’s arrest.
“Nagkaroon ng katarungan ‘yung pagpapapatay ni [dating pangulong Rodrigo] Duterte sa anak ko, na hindi dapat,” Campo told reporters.
Asked about what she wanted for Duterte, she said: “Maikulong po siya. ‘Yan lang po.”
Daa, for her part, stressed that Duterte “must pay for his sins.”
“Basta magbayad na lang siya sa mga ginawa niyang mga kasalanan. ‘Yun na lang ang gusto kong mangyari sa kaniya,” she said.
Based on a report from Radio Veritas, Campo’s son Junald was killed in Payatas in November 2016 at the height of Duterte’s drug war.
Daa’s son, Marcelo, was among the four men killed in another incident during a police operation in her own home in Payatas in the same year. One of Marcelo Daa’s friends, Efren Morillo, narrowly survived the incident.
“Gusto ko na mangyari kagaya ngayon, nakulong na siya (Duterte), pagbayaran niya lahat ‘yung mga dapat pagbayaran niya. Dahil ang mga tao doon, puwede naman ikulong ‘yon. Dapat hindi niya pagpapatayin,” said Daa.
Marcelo Daa and Junald Campos were among the 30,000 killings linked to Duterte’s drug war policy, based on estimates from human rights groups.
Advocates against the drug war hailed the arrest as a step towards justice.
Duterte and his allies have already filed a petition before the Supreme Court, claiming that the former president was illegally arrested.
(With reports from Marianne Enriquez, News5)
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