Sen. Bong Go Treats Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte More than a Father
BONG GO – The Senator expressed his support on the resolution urging the Senate to call for the house arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has yet to issue a decision on the application of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s camp for an interim release. Vice Pres. Sara Duterte previously claimed that her contacts abroad have helped her in the interim release plea of her father and a “third country” has committed to host the former President’s interim release.
According to Vice Pres. Sara Duterte, she allegedly cannot trust anyone in the Philippine government so she sought the help of the Filipinos she know abroad. She did not disclose which country agreed to host the interim release of her father but clarified that it is neither Japan nor Australia.
The renewal of the interim release plea of Duterte’s camp was prior to the postponement of the confirmation of charges hearing of the former President. The ICC postponed the September 23 hearing after his lawyer, Nicholas Kaufman, claimed that Duterte is supposedly “not fit to stand trial”.
Kaufman claimed that Duterte is allegedly suffering from a ‘cognitive impairment’. The British-Israeli Lawyer previously expressed his hope that the Marcos administration will allow his client’s return to the Philippines should the ICC grant him an interim release.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte also claimed that she is willing on a house arrest even under a bunker in Davao for former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Recently, a resolution was filed in the Senate urging the chamber to call for the house arrest of the former President. One of those 15 senators who voted in the affirmative was Sen. Bong Go.
In his speech during a Senate plenary session, Sen. Bong Go claimed that he treats former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte more than a father. He stressed that he is with the former President more frequent than with his real father.
“Sobra pa sa tatay ang turing ko sa kanya. Mas nakakasama ko pa po siya for the past 25 years kaysa sa totoo kong tatay,” the Senator said.
Based on the post of News5 on social media, Sen. Bong Go stressed that he knows former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. According to him, the former Chief Executive himself is seemingly tired already.
“Ang nakakatakot lang po ngayon, walang po siyang matawagan, wala siyang masasabihan. Kilala ko po si tatay Digong. Siya na mismo parang, pagod na rin po siya,” Go said.
Recently, amid the ICC detention of her father in The Hague, Netherlands, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte claimed that former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte was allegedly found unconscious in the floor of his ICC room and was brought to a hospital but they were supposedly not informed.