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Senator Robin Padilla during the Senate hearing on the Medical Cannabis Compassionate Access Act in Pasay City on July 13, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175073537109920230713-padilla-robin-senate-MD-4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senator Robin Padilla during the Senate hearing on the Medical Cannabis Compassionate Access Act in Pasay City on July 13, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Robin Padilla has attempted but failed to file a resolution asking the Senate to back the repatriation of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/14/sara-duterte-harry-roque-robin-padilla-arrive-at-icc-1731">VP Sara, Harry Roque, Robin Padilla arrive at ICC for Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s case</a></div><p>In a statement Tuesday, Padilla&#x27;s office said the senator, a staunch Duterte ally, filed the resolution on Monday afternoon but it was rejected by the Senate&#x27;s Bills and Index section as the 19th Congress already adjourned sine die.</p><p>Padilla said he intends to refile the resolution in the 20th Congress, which starts on June 30.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/14/duterte-case-seen-as-a-gift-for-embattled-icc-0824">Duterte case seen as a &#x27;gift&#x27; for embattled ICC</a></div><p>Padilla&#x27;s resolution sought to &quot;express the sense of the Senate to urge this course of action to foster reconciliation and national unity, and refocus government efforts to address pressing needs.&quot;</p><p>He also said that the resolution seeks to &quot;assert Philippine sovereignty&quot; and &quot;reaffirm the exclusive right of the Philippines to investigate and prosecute its citizens.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/29/-we-will-bring-prrd-home-imee-marcos-meets-rodrigo-duterte-s-icc-lawyer-0945">‘We will bring PRRD home’: Imee Marcos meets Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC lawyer</a></div><p>The draft resolution said that if the repatriation was not possible, the Philippine government should &quot;secure, on an ad cautelam basis and without conceding ICC jurisdiction, the interim release of former President Duterte to the Philippines under conditions acceptable to the ICC.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/12/interim-release-from-icc-sought-for-detained-duterte-0055">Interim release from ICC sought for detained Duterte</a></div><p>Padilla was among the first government officials who flew to Netherlands to visit Duterte following his transfer to the ICC.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><strong><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/jBLpTbUgtcY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><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/RaWtBYaHSgM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sen. Robin Padilla's resolution was not accepted by the Senate's Bills and Index section as the 19th Congress already adjourned sine die.</p>

Sen. Robin Padilla's resolution was not accepted by the Senate's Bills and Index section as the 19th Congress already adjourned sine die.

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Padilla tries but fails to file resolution seeking Senate backing of Duterte repatriation

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published June 24, 2025 11:41 AM PHT

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