Running parallel to Rodrigo Duterte’s transfer to the International Court of Justice in The Hague is a monthslong feud with the Philippines’ current president.

Lawmakers from the House of Representatives allayed fears on Wednesday that the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte would cause political instability, noting that the developments were legal and merely procedural.

President Rodrigo Duterte failed to secure from the Supreme Court a temporary restraining order against his arrest on a warrant from the International Criminal Court.

An elected leader once dubbed “The Punisher” is on his way to The Hague to face trial for crimes against humanity during a brutal war on drugs, in a breathtaking reversal of fortune for a politician who once openly boasted about killing people and placing opponents on hit lists.

Ex-Philippines president sent to Hague after Interpol arrest for ‘crimes against humanity’ - Duterte is accused of overseeing nearly 4,000 executions during his war on drugs

Rights groups say tens of thousands of unarmed suspects were murdered in extrajudicial killings during Duterte’s war on drugs.