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<p>MANILA — Sen. Imee Marcos on Thursday confirmed that she met the lawyer representing former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court.</p><p>Marcos said she had told Duterte’s daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, “Higit kanino man, alam ko ang pakiramdam ng mawalay sa sariling bayan, kaya’t simula’t sapul alam niya ang laman ng aking puso patungkol sa di katanggap-tanggap na sinapit ni PRRD.”</p><p>“Ngunit narito tayo hindi upang magdrama, kundi para sa solusyon, narito tayo upang umaksyon. Hindi ako naghintay ng 39 years para lang magkamali muli, may Marcos na natuto sa kasaysayan,” the senator said in a Facebook post.</p><p>“Narito ako hindi para sa isang tao, kundi para sa sambayanang Pilipino. Thank you Atty. Nicholas Kaufman. Together, we will bring PRRD home,” she added.</p><p>No other details about their meeting were immediately available.</p><p>Marcos had led Senate hearings on ex-President Duterte&#x27;s arrest and had ured the Ombudsman to investigate several Cabinet officials over their alleged involvement in his turnover to the ICC. </p><p>She won her Senate re-election bid earlier this month following endorsements from the Vice President and the former President&#x27;s PDP Laban party.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/29/imee-marcos-wants-ombudsman-probe-on-cabinet-officials-tagged-in-duterte-arrest-1251">Imee Marcos wants Ombudsman probe on Cabinet officials tagged in Duterte arrest</a></div><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FImeeMarcos%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02pehEJEue5qn96KMvVFZ9GSMYk2GAnsVFaNbr3MZBiCTEr9X3nxHbucQfk74EdkZXl&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=500" width="500" height="498" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/29/sara-duterte-back-in-the-netherlands-ahead-of-birthday-weekend-0909">Vice President Duterte was in the Netherlands </a>to meet with her father on May 30, June 2, and June 3, her office said.</p><p>She will celebrate her 47th birthday on May 31 in front of the ICC, where “she will participate in a peaceful gathering organized by various Filipino community groups,” added the Office of the Vice President.</p><p>The Duterte patriarch, 80, faces ICC charges of 43 murders as a crime against humanity.</p><p>Kaufman earlier said he sees &quot;compelling&quot; reasons for the ICC to throw the case out because it lacks jurisdiction.</p><p>Duterte removed the Philippines from the ICC in 2019 and his supporters insist the court therefore has no power over the former president and he should be released.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/23/bato-to-probe-own-claim-icc-team-forcing-ex-cops-to-testify-vs-him-duterte-1514">Bato to probe own claim ICC team ‘forcing’ ex-cops to testify vs him, Duterte</a></div><p>But Gilbert Andres, who represents victims at the ICC, said previous jurisprudence showed the court did have the jurisdiction in this case.</p><p>&quot;I think there&#x27;s strong case law as well as a statutory basis... for the ICC to still exercise jurisdiction,&quot; he said.</p><p>He said victims&#x27; testimony would show the world the ongoing impact of Duterte&#x27;s campaign.</p><p>&quot;In fact, our position is that it&#x27;s not really a war on drugs, it&#x27;s a war against the poor,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;The murdered breadwinners such as the fathers, the brothers, sisters, mothers, actually (this) is still affecting their socio-economic status now.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/13/-emb-ex-president-duterte-defends-davao-dynasty-from-icc-prison-1201">Ex-President Duterte defends Davao dynasty from ICC prison</a></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Sen. Imee Marcos on Thursday confirmed that she met the lawyer representing former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court.</p>

Sen. Imee Marcos on Thursday confirmed that she met the lawyer representing former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court.

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‘We will bring PRRD home’: Imee Marcos meets Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC lawyer

Jamaine Punzalan

Published May 29, 2025 09:45 AM PHT

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Updated May 29, 2025 12:18 PM PHT

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