What is the mystery behind the continuing support of many Filipinos, particularly overseas, for former President Rodrigo Duterte, despite overwhelming evidence that his regime killed thousands of Filipinos, that he plunged the Philippines into its worst huiman rights catastrophe ever?

Carlos Conde dissects the steadfast devotion to Duterte in this #OpenTalk episode with Father Albert Alejo, a Jesuit priest based in Italy where he has been advocating among Filipinos in Europe for accountability for Duterte’s crimes, especially now that the tyrant’s trial in the ICC in the Hague is scheduled to start on Sept. 23.

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