Vice Pres. Sara Duterte Claims Pres. Bongbong Marcos Allegedly Committed “Impeachable Offense” over Dad Rodrigo’s Arrest
SARA DUTERTE – The Vice President claimed that Pres. Bongbong Marcos must be held accountable over the arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.
Since her return to the Philippines last month from the Hague, Vice Pres. Duterte dedicated her time in campaigning for her senatorial slate in the upcoming May 2025 Midterm polls. She has joined several campaign sorties of Manila mayoralty candidate Isko Moreno.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte is endorsing Senator Imee Marcos, Las Piñas Representative Camille Villar, and the PDP-Laban bets in the upcoming senatorial race. Amid the issue surrounding the arrest of her father, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the Vice President maintained that she and Sen. Marcos are friends.
Pres. Bongbong Marcos earned several accusations of alleged betrayal over Duterte’s arrest. The former President was arrested by the Philippine authorities last March 11 and was sent to The Hague, Netherlands via Dubai on the same day.
Malacañang insisted that Marcos Jr. did not commit betrayal in the arrest of Duterte. According to the Palace, the government only did its job and acted on its commitment with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
Duterte is detained under the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for more than a month now. The Confirmation of Charges against the former President is set on September 23.
Recently, in a media interview in Kidapawan City, Cotabato, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte spoke anew on the case of her father. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the Vice President claimed that Pres. Bongbong Marcos must be held liable over the arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte and the transfer of his custody to the ICC.
According to Vice Pres. Duterte, her father will not taken to another country with Pres. Marcos’ approval. Based on the report, she also claimed that what Marcos Jr. committed was allegedly an offense that can take him out from office.
“Dapat siyang managot kasi that is an impeachable offense. It’s a culpable violation of the constitution and betrayal of public trust because they allowed a foreign jurisdiction to intervene in our national sovereignty,” the Vice President said.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte claimed that the Philippines did not have any responsibility to cooperate with the ICC citing a petition of the country’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute has already been filed. Based on the report, she also stressed that the ICC allegedly has no jurisdiction in the Philippines to investigate former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte or anyone.
Previously, the ICC said that there were accusations against Duterte that happened when the Philippines was still a member party. Recently, the ICC junked the request of Duterte’s camp to excuse two (2) judges from the ruling over the jurisdiction issue.