Duterte’s lawyer Salvador Medialdea, proper, talks to Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, left, earlier than former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared by way of video hyperlink earlier than the Worldwide Legal Court docket (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025. Related Press
MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest is a “pure and easy kidnapping,” in line with his authorized counsel and former Government Secretary Salvador Medialdea.
Medialdea made the pronouncement throughout Duterte’s first look earlier than the Worldwide Legal Court docket (ICC) on Friday.
He additionally claimed that the ICC and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. struck an “unlikely alliance” in arresting former Duterte.
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“Two troubled entities struck an unlikely alliance—an incumbent President who needs to neutralize and choke the legacy of my shopper, and his daughter, alternatively, a troubled authorized establishment topic to the legitimization and determined for a authorized present,” Medialdea stated through the pretrial.
The ICC pretrial was led by Presiding Decide Iulia Antoanella Motoc, a Romanian.
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Duterte arrived within the Netherlands on Wednesday night time (Manila time) and was turned over to the ICC’s Detention Heart in Scheveningen, The Hague.
He was the topic of an arrest warrant by the ICC over crimes towards humanity allegedly dedicated within the Philippines between November 1, 2011 and March 16 2019.
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