THE Philippine government followed all the legal procedures in the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.
“We followed all the legal procedures that are necessary. I’m confident that in further examination, you will find that it is proper and correct,” Marcos said in a press conference shortly after the chartered plane that carrying the former president departed for The Hague.
Marcos insisted there is a “very good basis” to serve the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against Duterte.
He also denied that Duterte’s arrest was unlawful, saying the Philippine government was merely complying with the International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) request to enforce the ICC order.
He also maintained that the Philippine government is not cooperating with the ICC.
“It’s a request to the Philippine government from Interpol to enforce the arrest warrant and of course, we comply with our commitments to Interpol,” Marcos said.
“We do not do this because it was derived from or came from ICC. We did this because Interpol asked us to do it and we have commitments with them and we live up to those commitments.”
