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,

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.

Election officials say former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been elected as mayor in his home city by a landslide, despite his detention by the International Criminal Court.