Legal experts explain that, despite his arrest, no one challenged his eligibility to run for public office. The residents of Davao have shown absolute loyalty at the polls to 'The Punisher.' This was the nickname earned by Rodrigo Duterte for his over two decades as mayor of this Filipino city leading bloody campaigns against drug traffickers,

Candidates identified with former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte — who is being detained at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague over alleged crimes against humanity — have emerged as the frontrunners in the month-long online voting for overseas Filipinos in the UAE.

EVEN as he is detained in The Hague for crimes against humanity, former president Rodrigo Duterte will still be proclaimed as mayor-elect of Davao City, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

The results showed the Duterte clan's resilience, despite their many legal woes, and the weakening of the Marcos family, as well as an unexpected surge by a third, progressive 'pink' bloc, heirs to the Aquino dynasty.