Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines’ former strongman president, has just pulled off a political comeback for the history books. He won the mayoral race on May 12 in his southern stronghold of Davao City while locked up some 11,

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to return to his longtime political stronghold as Davao City mayor, winning by a landslide despite being detained at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

It is up to the Department of the Interior and Local Government to say who will exercise the functions of mayor of Davao City while former President Rodrigo Duterte is detained in The Hague, the Commission on Elections said on Tuesday.