The gunshots that rang through the Philippine Senate on May 13 did more than trigger panic. They deepened a constitutional crisis already consuming the country’s political institutions. What unfolded was not merely a security lapse. It bore the characteristics of a diversionary operation carried out amid an extraordinary standoff over the possible arrest of Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a key figure in the bloody Duterte-era drug war now facing an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant. Or was it a test to see whether a mass of Duterte supporters could escape the police cordon and overwhelm the Senate to secure Bato and derail the convening of the Senate for an impeachment trial? Clearly, this bears a strong resemblance to a MAGA-inspired tactic. Before...