Former president Rodrigo Duterte could take his oath as Davao mayor while detained in The Hague, Senate President Chiz Escudero said. Duterte won the mayoral seat in his bailiwick in a landslide victory over runner-up Karlo Nograles.

In the southern Philippine city of Davao, a spirited mayoral election campaign is in full swing, with candidates and their supporters out canvassing for votes.

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,