Manila, Philippines – Almost three years after leaving the presidency, former President Rodrigo Dutterte has been arrested by the Philippines officials in Manila. International Crime Court (ICC) In Heg, who is investigating the allegation of being “criminal against humanity” in his six -year power.
DuTartte was taken into custody at Manila International Airport on Tuesday. Upon arriving from Hong Kong, human rights groups considered “an important step for the Philippines responsibility”.
Hong Kong’s trip to Hong Kong was arrested at the end of the week that he had speculated that he would avoid arrest.
Arrest on Tuesday For the first time a leader in the Philippines faces a case before the International Tribunal. The arrest is rarely rare as the Philippines are no longer a member of the ICC – Duterte Philippines withdrawn It is not mandatory to capture someone with a warrant of the warrant of their name in the international court – in the international court.
The government has also given the decision by the current President Ferdinand Marcos Junior’s government as the Marcos Junior has previously rejected the ICC’s work on the Philippines.
So what is the allegation of Dutte, what did the Marcos government urged the arrest to arrest, how did Dutrte respond and what is the former President?
What is the charge on Dutterte – and what caused the ICC inquiry?
The ICC has not yet issued an official statement about a specific fee against Duterte.
Heg-based court From Since, Duterte has been investigating the allegations of “crime against humanity”, when he was still in power. At the request of the Philippines government, he suspended his work briefly, but resumed his investigation in 2023.
Duttere rushed to the presidency in 2016 on the same topic of criminal battle in the Philippines.
During his campaign and later as president, he repeatedly urged the police to “kill” the suspects to “kill” the suspects or to re -fight to prove the justification of the suspects.
After taking office on June 30, 2016 Immediately started your deadly campaign The Catholic leaders of the country are described as “the state of terrorism.” His six -year -old position, More than 7,000 people According to police records, the official drug was killed in an anti -drug operation.
But human rights lawyers said that the number of deaths, the number of deaths was more than 000, which included those who were killed by unknown suspects, some of them later became a police officer.
Not all cases were included in the complaint filed before the ICC. But human rights lawyers and lawyers from the victim’s family managed to collect evidence from a few hundred cases submitted in the Heg court.
DuTartte has repeatedly defended the frequent action as president. At the time of Senate’s hearing last October, he recently said he offered “No apology, no reason” To pass the drug war.
During the same hearing, he confessed to the oath that he “Death Squad” of Gunds Killing other criminals while the Mayor of the Dawo city of the South Philippines in the south. Some of those cases also included the ICC complaint.
The Marcos JR government has changed its opinion about the ICC?
Until the arrest of Duterte on Tuesday, Market Junior had repeatedly rejected the ICC’s work on the Philippines and Dutte’s case, and it was said that the international organization considered the country’s sovereignty “danger”.
In July 223, in a year of his presidency, he explicitly announced that after the ICC announced the resources of the Director’s inspection, the Philippines would not “cooperate in any way, size or form”.
After that, in the beginning of 224, he was saying, “I should say this at the 100th time. I do not recognize the workspace of the ICC in the Philippines. The Philippines will not lift the government to help any ICC investigation. “”
During a visit to Germany in March 2024 and a meeting with foreign newsmen in Manila in April this year, Marcos Junior will reteal the same line.
Nevertheless, the political equation in that position on the ICC has changed.
When Marcos Jr. demanded the presidency in the 5th, he rushed to the ticket with DuTete’s daughter Sara Dutterte and won the landslide on the promise of his father Dutterte’s policy.
But after the arrest, the supporters of the Dutterta family demanded the deportation of Marcker Jr. Apollo quiboloyFormer President Dutte’s an effective pastor and a spiritual consultant.
Finally their political organizations were broken Vice President Sara Dutrte Billions of dollars of government funds were inquired into, and in the late 2024, Marcos was impeachment in Junior’s associate Congress.
Since then, both camps have been involved in all kinds of political battles before the midterm elections in May.
On Tuesday morning, the Marcos Junior office said that a few hours ago, he received an official copy of the warrant of the arrest from the ICC to “crimes against humanity”.
“He is now in the possession of the Officers of the Officers,” the government’s statement said that the duties are in the “good health”.
In a statement posted on Facebook, Juan Ponse Enril, the main counselor of President Marcos, said that the Philippines law “no need to do anything” on the current legal issue of Dutart.
“Its legal problem is caused by the ICC applied by the laws. His lawyers should try to secure a copy of the ICC allegations against him so that they will know why the ICC ordered him to arrest him, “he said.
How did Duterte respond to his arrest?
On Tuesday, his plane landed in the Philippines’ capital soon.
In the second video posted on Instagram, the youngest daughter of Dutrtarta, the youngest daughter, was asking for the ex -leader authorities, “What is the law and what has I done?”
“Let me explain the legal support of me here now, because I have not been brought here to my own volume. He is someone, “he said.
In a statement, Salvador Panelo, former legal adviser to Dutte, said the arrest was “illegal” and said that the former president was “deprived of legal representation at the time of arrest”.
Senate member Ronald Day RosaDusterte and his former top police enforcement also questioned the arrest and filed an emergency case before the Supreme Court.
What is next for Dutart?
In a statement sent to the International Front (ICHRP) Al Jazira for the Humanity in the Philippines, Duterte has the “unprecedented step towards justice”. Thousands of victims of drug war??
ICHRP President Peter Murphy said, “The responsibility of the collective murder caused by the arrest of DuTete is the responsibility.
Waking up, the family members or children of the family who were killed in the drug war, welcomed the arrest and promised to “be aware and prosecute the dutter”.
“We support and support the immediate surrender and transfer of the Duterte’s possession to the ICC,” the group said.
It is still unclear when the dutitete heels will be replaced.
While visiting Hong Kong on Saturday, Dutrte commented on the arrest arrest and said, “If this was really my destiny in my life, that’s fine, I will accept it. I can’t do anything about it. “”
In an interview to Al Jaizira before the arrest, lawyer Maria Christina Kanty, who represents some families of the victims, said Philipino had to resolve the lawsuit and prosecution so that “it will not happen again”.
“If you do not put it on the record, it may be subject to historical repetition in the future,” she warned.
“In the general context of justice, we also need to establish that wealthy and powerful people can get fairness, and even for the poor and the neglected people.”