Ah, the great Duterte-Marcos telenovela continues!

Sara Duterte, ever the pragmatic daughter, gently tells the nation to move on from her father’s international legal woes—because, really, what’s one more fugitive ex-president in exile?

But wait! Enter Imee Marcos, ever the sentimental beshie, clutching her pearls at the mere thought of Tatay Digong being hauled off to The Hague. So what does she do? Convene yet another Senate hearing to cry foul—because if there’s anything the Marcoses hate, it’s the idea of accountability catching up to a former strongman.

It’s almost poetic: one daughter all but surrendering her father to fate, while another keeps fighting battles that aren’t even hers. Could this be a case of blood being thinner than political alliances? Or just the latest proof that, in Philippine politics, loyalty is conditional, selective, and—above all—convenient? Whatever it is, pass the popcorn. This saga isn’t over yet.