Rodrigo Dutrente, former President of the Philippines, arrested at the ICC Proceeds for Drug Murder

Manila, Philippines – Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested at Manila International Airport on the Brime Criminal Court in relation to the crime against Humanity filed against Him, the Philippine government said.

Dutert was arrested after arriving from Hong Kong, and the police took him to custody on ICC commands, who explores Mass murders that occurred under the deadly breaking the former president against illegal drugsShe said President Ferdinand Marcos’ office in the statement.

“Upon arrival, the Prosecutor General served the ICC notification for the arrest order for the former President for Crimes against Humanity,” said the government. “It’s now in custody of the government.”

The arrest of surprises caused the crowd at the airport when lawyers and Dutrete, protested loudly that they, together with the doctor and lawyers, were prevented from being taken to police custody. “This is a violation of his constitutional right,” he said told reporters.

The arrest warrant was sent by ICC Filipino officials, whose copy he saw, “there are reasonable reasons for the victim, and the attack was killed in a period of several years, and it seems to be killed attack in a period of several years.”

Harster’s arrest was necessary “to ensure his appearance before the Court”, according to Necor 7. March, adding that the former president would expect to be able to ignore the court call.

He said that although Dutert was no longer the president, he seems to “still have significant strength.”

“Given the resulting risk of interference in the investigation and safety of witnesses and victims, the Council is convinced that the arrest of Lord Dutters is needed,” said.

The photograph posted by his political party said he was held in Villamor air-based next to Manila Airport, Agence France-Presse reported.

The government said Dutrete was in good health.

The relatives of the victims of Duentrte drug murders react

Arresting and the fall of Dutert stifled the families of the victims of bloody decays against illegal drugs and drove them to tears.

“This is a big, long-awaited day for justice,” Randy Delos Santos, Uncle Teenager who was killed during drug operation in August 2017. in Metropolini, he said in Associated Press.

“Now we think that justice rolls. We hope that the best police officials and hundreds of police officers who were involved in illegal murders should be put in custody and punished,” Delos Santos said.

Three cops who killed his nephew, Kian Delos Santos, were convicted in 2018. year for high-profile murder, which was encouraged in that time to temporarily suspend his brutal anti-drug failures.

The conviction was one of at least three, so far, according to the enforcement of laws involved in anti-drugs, reflecting the concerns of victims of suspicious murders not to lead to their decision to seek the ICC assistance.

Long history of drug murders under Duther

The ISPC explored drug killings from Duerte from 1. November 2011. year, when the Mayor of the southern city was given, until 16. March 2019. years, which is possible crimes against humanity. In 2019, Dutrete withdrew Philippines from the Roman Statute in the Human Rights Activist move that he was aimed at avoiding responsibilities.

Dutrte administration has come to suspend the investigation of the Global Court regarding the note that the Philippine authorities have already watched the same allegations, the claims in the extreme groove – it is not competent.

The Appeals of the Judges in the ICC ruled in 2023. year the investigation could continue and reject the objections of DTRTA administration. With its headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands, ICC can step in when countries do not want or unable to assess the suspects in the latest international crimes, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

President of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who inherited Dutert 2022. and became entangled in a bitter political dispute with the former president, he decided not to join the Global Court. But Marcos’ administration said that they would cooperate that the ICC was requested by the International Police to take over Duerte into custody through the so-called red notice, the law enforcement agencies to find and temporarily arrest criminal suspect.