18/03/2025
ON XIAN GAZAâS CLAIMS
I just saw parts of Xian Gazaâs video where he claims that PRRD was betrayed by someone inside his camp, thatâs why umuwi sya from HK kasi sinabihan daw sya di totoo na hulihin sya.
Be careful believing people who arenât even close to PRRD, because Xianâs source could very well be someone whoâs trying to cause division sa mga Duterte and people they trust, which is why theyâre feeding him this information that can cause paranoia inside his team.
Konti na nga lang ang trusted ni PRRD, gusto pa ng sources ni Xian Gaza na pagdudahan natin yung mga kasama ni PRRD sa loob.
I know for a fact that this isnât true. Two days before we already knew. PRRD knew because, of course, he and his team were told by loyal allies who are working in intel and in the highest rungs of security.
This is why many of the loyal supporters of PRRD posted the day before his arrival what time he will be arriving kasi Lorraine Badoy, who was with him in HK, thought it would be better that his supporters knew just in case they Ninoy Aquino him. And when they arrest him, mabantayan. Takot sila ma baril si PRRD.
Kaya nga if you remember Honeyletâs video where she spoke about what happened, she said something to the effect na, âSana binaril na lang nilaâŚâ because the abduction of PRRDâwhere he would be alone in a foreign country given to the white man whom the President couldnât respectâwas worse. If you know PRRD, youâd know that this is fate worse than death. Mataas ang pride nya as a Filipino na never yan nag visit sa US or EU in his time as Presidente.
If you remember, yun yung time that nag kalat sa social media yung oras ng arrival ni PRRD. Cathay Pacific Terminal 3, 4 pm. Thatâs the reason there were vloggers who were there early at the airport, because they knew and anticipated the arrest. So no, it wasnât a surprise and nobody betrayed him.
The night or two nights before his arrivalâI was out of the country at this time with my entire family whom I couldnât leave as my mother is in a wheelchair kaya I felt even more helplessâtumawag isang aide ni PRRD, who was in Hong Kong with him, crying.
They said, âKriz, uuwi talaga si Sir. Alam nya na may arrest warrant sya and pinipigilan namin lahat. Sabi namin wag muna umuwi, palipasin muna para makapag isip ang legal team, uuwi lang daw siya.â
I was so sad but I knew from the very few years I became PRRDâs sort of friend chuwariwap that once he makes up his mind wala makakapigil sa kanya. The aide added, âMay nag offer ng private plane. May nag offer sa ibang country muna. May nag sabi dito lang sya muna. Ginawa na namin lahat. Nagmakaawa na pamilya nya sa kanya. Sabi lang sa amin, âLet it be. So be it. I want to go home.ââ
He even said, âcan I go home early? Gusto ko na umuwi. Iâll go home early and just face whatever it is.â They moved his time to 10 am arrival, instead of 4 pm. And then people were told again to anticipate it.
PRRD came home because ganon sya. Personality nya yan, at gusto nya talaga umuwi sa Pilipinas. (Ito conjecture ko lang ha, nobody told me. Iâm just concluding based on how I think I know PRRD. He couldâve gone straight home to Davao but didnât. He would be more protected there. But he didnât because he probably knew Davaoenos would physically protect him from Torre. Hihiga yang mga yan sa tarmac. And he will not allow it to happen.)
You donât have to be a supporter to know that PRRD is truly braveâand much to our chagrinâfatalistic and stoic. Kung di brave yan di nya yan I offer buhay nya kapalit ng bata sa hostage dati sa Davao. Di yan pupuntang Marawi kahit delikado pa.
It should also be telling that his favorite Bible verse is Ecclesiastes 31, âThereâs a time for everything..
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
Ganyan sya. Kaya ang mga Duterte kahit frustrating para sa atin, never nagpa victim card or woman card.
Duterte is the most stoic of all stoicsâhe endures everything that comes his way. He endures because he believes that destiny has already mapped out a future for us and to rage against your fate is a practice in futility. He is not only stoic, he is also fatalistic, although most stoics really are fatalists. He believes everything happens for a reason without the complicated attendant feelings of fear or hurt or damdam.
My issue with Xianâs claim is that it makes PRRD look like niloko sya, or that he is dumb enough to believe in traitors, or most importantly, that he is betrayed by his own people na konti na nga lang. Instead of what we know as people whoâve followed himâthis is PRRD being typical PRRD.
PRRDâand this is my opinion lang ha because he never said this nor his aidesâmade one miscalculationâin that he thought the Supreme Court would quickly reject the ICC immediately because the SC would fight for our sovereignty as soon as the ICC tries to arrest him. PRRD had always hoped to be jailed and to die here in the Philippines.
He came home thinking he would be jailed here. Or if he would be jailed at The Hague, that Torreâwhom I would like to remind you all
Is just following orders and we know whoseâwould give him time to prepare. Torre wouldnât have the audacity to commit the crime of not following legal procedures, if he wasnât given the go ahead by this administration. Because nga nasa Article 59 naman yon that before being flown to The Hague, dapat muna hinarap sa local courts. Not followed, essentially making his arrest a kidnapping.
If it wasnât Torre, it would be some other policeman willing to do what he doesâpromised heaven and earth by Marcos and Romualdez. And madami yan.
Torre is just a player in the game, interchangeable, disposable. We lay this on the feet of the administrationâand we mustnât forget. Torre is but a convenient scapegoat for powers that be.
PRRD has made peace knowing he would die violently. Sabi pa nya sa last kita namin, only last February, sa Dennyâs where he ordered isda and egg and where he ate his egg like a child, cut up and doused with ketchupââIâm probably going to be shot in the back of my head one day. I made so many enemies.â
PRRDâs decision to come home and face his fate is a mix of courage, fatalism, stoicism, andâwe must all know thisâa deep seated passionate love for country, because he knew he would someday sacrifice for the decisions he has made for us, not just for the war on drugs, but for continuing to speak up, about the Maharlika Funds, about Romualdezâs efforts to change the Constitution to perpetuate himself in power, about the Philhealth fund na nilagay nila sa budget nila, about the BICAM insertions that are illegal. Even about the President being âbangag.â
If he shut up, if he retired quietly, if he allowed them to continue stealing from us, do you think he would be in a jail cell in the Netherlands now? Heâd be in some swanky resort in Davao (or maybe just in his home) sipping his Coke and eating his durian.
Wag nyo din kami lokohin na kaya sya politically active at his old age eh para mapunta kay Sara ang presidency. People arenât dumb. Sara was the front runner who gave way. She doesnât need to destroy the Marcoses â who by the way were destroyed already when the Dutertes came into power â to become President. The Presidency was hers for the taking.
Itâs important for me to let you know that Xianâs info is wrong.
Because that narrative he wants to share takes away the true power of PRRDâthe way he makes his courageous choices, his faith in fate, and the very real love for country that imbued the decision that an 80-year-old physically frail, but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually strong PRRD made.
It takes away how PRRD loved his country so much he willingly faced danger just so he could come home to the Philippines.
Xian Gazaâs narrative makes Duterte a victim. He isnâtâbecause even in his old age, even in his sunset years, even when he doesnât have to, Rodrigo Duterte chose to use what little time he has left to fight for the Philippines.
