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What Sara, siblings are saying about Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC detention
Vice President Sara Duterte visited her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, at the ICC Detention Center in The Hague, Netherlands, following the ICC Appeals Chamber's rejection of his interim release.
The ICC Appeals Chamber upheld the Pre-Trial Chamber I's September decision to keep the former president in detention, rejecting arguments about witness intimidation, host country capacity, and humanitarian conditions.
However, ICC filings reveal that statements made by Vice President Sara Duterte, including her remarks about 'breaking [Duterte] out of the ICC Detention Center' and seeking to delegitimize the proceedings, were used by the court to justify denying his interim release.
The ICC cited these statements as evidence of Mr. Duterte's rejection of the proceedings and his close family's will to help him elude detention and prosecution.
During her recent visit, Vice President Duterte adopted a milder tone, stating that she and her father discussed family, politics, and current events, but not the rejected appeal for interim release.
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