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<p>MANILA —The Palace on Sunday maintained that former President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s March 11 arrest based on an International Criminal Court warrant was lawful. </p><p>Sen. Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa, in a speech at a prayer rally at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila on Saturday, claimed that the Marcos Jr. administration illegally arrested the former president since the Philippines left the ICC in 2019.</p><p>The ICC has retained jurisdiction for alleged crimes against humanity reported before the country&#x27;s exit from the court, a move prompted by its inquiry into the situation in the Philippines.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/15/dela-rosa-blasts-marcos-jr-in-prayer-rally-for-duterte-0038">Dela Rosa blasts Marcos Jr. in prayer rally for Duterte</a></div><p>Palace press officer Claire Castro responded to Dela Rosa&#x27;s latest accusation, saying that a domestic law — Republic Act No. 9851 — was followed for Duterte&#x27;s arrest.</p><p>The Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity penalizes crimes against International Humanitarian Law, genocide, and other crimes against humanity.</p><p>Duterte stands accused of the crime against humanity of murder over his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups said killed thousands.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/15/-flight-risk-duterte-may-apply-for-interim-release-lawyer-says-1818">&#x27;Flight-risk&#x27; Duterte may apply for interim release, lawyer says</a></div><p>&quot;Wala tayong magagawa sa kanyang sasabihin... siyempre &#x27;yan ang sasabihin niya &#x27;yan. Ang gusto niyang iparating sa taumbayan na ilegal &#x27;yung pagsuko,&quot; Castro said, referring to the lawmaker.</p><p>(We cannot stop him from saying that... Of course, he would say something like that because he wants to convince people that it was illegal)</p><p>The government has maintained its position that it will not cooperate with the ICC but is bound to help the International Police Organization, or Interpol, if it asks for help, as it did in serving the warrant last week.</p><p>Duterte supporters argue the former president should be tried in the Philippines for the alleged extrajudicial killings.</p><p>Families of drug war victims have said however that they went to the ICC because domestic processes were not working.</p><p>Dela Rosa was Duterte&#x27;s first chief of national police and a key implementer of his anti-illegal drugs crackdown.</p><p>The lawmaker is also one of the subjects of the ICC probe into the alleged crimes against humanity and could also face a warrant from the international tribunal soon.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/14/tears-disdain-as-drug-war-families-watch-duterte-at-icc-0204">Tears, disdain as drug war families watch Duterte at ICC</a></div><p>In the prosecutor&#x27;s application for his arrest, he said Duterte&#x27;s alleged crimes were &quot;part of a widespread and systematic attack directed against the civilian population in the Philippines.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Potentially tens of thousands of killings were perpetrated,&quot; the prosecutor alleged of the campaign that targeted mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs. <strong>—with Agence France-Presse</strong></p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CKGpEeCDPmI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><strong></strong></div>

<p>The Palace on Sunday maintained that former President Rodrigo Duterte's March 11 arrest based on an International Criminal Court warrant was lawful.</p>

The Palace on Sunday maintained that former President Rodrigo Duterte's March 11 arrest based on an International Criminal Court warrant was lawful.

Duterte arrest 'illegal'? Palace says there was basis in domestic law

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Published March 16, 2025 03:01 PM PHT

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