Ah, the age-old question: what came first, the chicken or the egg?

In the case of Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC arrest, the chicken clucked somewhere between Trillanes’s press conference and Alejano’s eyebrow raise. Yet here we are, hurling eggs at the Marcos administration for what netizens are calling an “illegal surrender.” Illegal? Surrender? Sounds more like they just followed the breadcrumb trail left by two ex-legislators with a flair for international paperwork.

And now, Trillanes and Alejano sit back, popcorn in hand, watching the circus unfold like it’s Netflix’s newest political thriller.

Meanwhile, the Marcoses—who, for once, didn’t start the fire—are being roasted for bringing marshmallows. It’s like blaming the waiter for the food poisoning when it was Trillanes who cooked the dish. Justice? Maybe. Irony? Absolutely. So before we crucify the egg-boiler, let’s not forget who laid that golden egg in The Hague in the first place.