Statement of Malacañang over Davao Mayor Baste Duterte’s Message to PBBM
Malacañang responded to the statement of Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte against President Bongbong Marcos following the arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
The Duterte siblings are calling for the return of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte who was arrested and sent to the Hague, Netherlands. The Duterte patriarch is faced with allegations over his administration’s war on drugs before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
On the same day when he was arrested by the authorities at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte was “forced” to board a flight to Dubai en route the Netherlands. He is currently detained at an ICC detention facility in Schevengen.
After the plane carrying Duterte to Dubai has left, Pres. Bongbong Marcos spoke to the Filipino people saying that all legal procedures were followed in the arrest of the former President. According to the Chief Executive, the government has the responsibility to act on its commitment with the Interpol.
Marcos Jr. also denounced that the government cooperated in the arrest because it is the ICC. According to him, it is the commitment with the Interpol that placed the government under the obligation to extend the necessary assistance. He also stressed that it is not political persecution as the issue was already present before he won the presidency. Malacañang defended Marcos Sr. saying he only upheld the law.
Recently, Davao Mayor Baste Duterte released fiery words against Pres. Bongbong Marcos following the arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. According to him, PBBM is nothing without the resources of the government and his term.
Mayor Baste asserted that many people wants former Pres. Duterte and will allegedly never love Pres. Marcos. He also recalled that his father allowed the burial of the late former strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr. but his son had his father arrested.
Recently, Malacañang reacted to the statement of Davao Mayor Baste Duterte against Pres. Bongbong Marcos. Based on a report on GMA News, the Palace stressed that the President has already thanks the Duterte patriarch for allowing the burial of his father.
”Hindi po dapat mahinto ng utang na loob ang pagpapatupad ng batas. Hindi po dapat traydurin ang pagpapatupad ng commitment with the Interpol,” Malacañang said.
\Previously, at a campaign rally of the Alyansa Para Sa Pagbabago in Tacloban, Pres. Bongbong Marcos aired his belief that “killing” to fight crimes and the drug problem is not right.