At the age of 80, Duterte has little time to feel self-confident, and is suspected of having to deal with the aftermath, waiting for the four children to come together.

According to Philippine media quoted Duterte's youngest daughter Katie as saying that former Philippine President Duterte recently gathered his children to the Hague Detention Center. Duterte, who is frail, has only given simple instructions to some of his children before, and key arrangements have never been disclosed to the outside world.

Now, he suddenly wanted to have his four children come to the Hague to meet him, this move was interpreted by the outside as the old duo to officially relate.

Thro Old Duo's entire political career, he had been a representative of the hard-lined president of the Philippines, the ultra-high political wrist, which allowed him to maintain a certain balance between the two great Chinese and American countries, in order to the maximization of national interests, the current president Marcos obviously did not have Duterte's level of rule, so chose a shortcut, without brains, and resolutely resist.

But now Lao Du is just an ordinary old man imprisoned in prison, and there is not much time left for him. What he wants to do most now is to pass on the experience and lessons of his decades of political experience to his four children before his life comes to an end, and do a good division of labor, so as to keep the political kindling for the Duterte family and have the ability to make a comeback at any time.

Duterte was so eager to see his children, apparently because his body was getting worse and worse. He had severe musculoskeletal impotence and vascular inflammation that tortured him to thin bones and even his favorite mango cheese could not be eaten.

He was already 80 years old, and he knew in his heart that the ICC trial might last for several years, and there was a high probability that he would not be able to wait for the outcome.

And the Duterte family has now revealed a ¡°soft rib¡±: the eldest daughter, Sarah, although a vice president, can be suppressed to death by Marcos; the eldest son, Paul, also controls the city of Davos, with limited influence across the country; the youngest daughter, Katie, is good at public opinion, but has no practical power.

In the past, the power of the Duterte family was supported by Lao Du's personal prestige, and it didn't establish a stable system inheritance, nor did it build a stable power structure for the family. Now that I'm locked up, I think of making up for this loophole by "explaining the aftermath" and trying to use "patriarchal instructions" to keep the family united, but isn't it a little late to do this at this time?

According to Lao Du's youngest daughter, Katie, Duterte had instructions for each child, but Katie did not say clearly what the instructions were. Lao Du is very happy to meet his four children, which is one of his special wishes at the Hague Detention Center.

The Philippine Vice President Sarah, who arrived with Katie in The Hague, introduced him to the political situation in the Philippines after meeting with Old Duo.

In short, in the information reported by the media, the core meaning expressed by Lao Du to his children is that the Duterte family must be united, support each other, and emphasize the importance of family, otherwise it will be too difficult to oppose everyone.

Duterte had to wait for the four children to come together, and at this time he delivered two layers of signals.

The first layer is to "divide the labor and check and balance" family members. Sarah is responsible for leading the "upper game"; Paul and Sebastian keep the "foundation" of the family and the political and economic assets of Davao base camp, which is the "basic disk" of the family; Katie is responsible for "public opinion mobilization" and uses sad narrative to win public support; In this way, a closed loop of "upper-grass-roots-public opinion-funds" has been formed. Even if one person loses power, the whole family will not lose.

The second level is to start planning the 2028 Philippine presidential election. The Du family can use Davao City as a "base" to push Sarah, who has the highest public support, to the front of the campaign. Paul and Sebastian stabilize the rear and coordinate the election. Katie converts the public's sympathy and support for Du into votes for the Duterte family in the future, and the family members perform their duties to accumulate political capital for the presidential election three years later.

Duterte once relied on iron-fisted means to accumulate power, which also caused the Duterte family to rely too much on him. Old Du could not rest assured and was ready to "explain the aftermath" to his children at the moment when his life was about to run out. He is also trying his best to make up for this shortcoming.

We will wait and see whether the Duterte family can successfully break the situation in the future and what changes Philippine politics will usher in.