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Harlene Delgado

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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/1751022390863175082320617920250314-duterte-pre-trial-chamber-ICC (3).webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Rodrigo Roa Duterte&#x27;s initial appearance on March 14, 2025, before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court. ICC/handout"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Rodrigo Roa Duterte&#x27;s initial appearance on March 14, 2025, before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court.<em> ICC/handout</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday said there was no application of interim release in Australia for former president Rodrigo Duterte who is currently detained at the International Criminal Court.</p><p>The Australian government earlier said it will not serve as a host country for Duterte’s request for temporary release and that it would not even consider hosting the former Philippine president.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/27/australia-declines-to-host-duterte-in-bid-for-icc-interim-release-1639">Australia won&#x27;t host Duterte in bid for interim release; VP Sara says no request made</a></div><p>“I&#x27;d like to clarify that the defense team of President Duterte never reached out to the Australian government to discuss about this interim release. There is no application of former President Duterte for interim release in Australia,” Duterte said in an interview with the media in Davao City Friday, June 27.</p><p>The vice president also said Australia is not included in the two countries named by the defense team in its urgent request for interim release before the ICC. </p><p>“The submission of the lawyers of President Duterte wherein there were two countries indicated in the document, albeit redacted, I have to confirm that the two countries, none of which is Australia,” she added.</p><p>She said she recently received an email from an agency of the Australian government informing her of the refusal to receive her father. </p><p>“I do not know where and to whom it was addressed but I got a copy of it and I do not know as well on what basis she was able to say that there is a, parang it is not discussed with the Australian government and they will not allow interim release in Australia because in the first place, there is no application for interim release in Australia,” she claimed. </p><p>In an interview in Melbourne, Australia, Duterte said her personal trip to the country was not intended to seek for the former President’s interim release. </p><p>&quot;Australia is in the list of countries that are considered by the lawyers but I am not here for the interim release. Not for this visit,&quot; she said in a media interview on June 22.</p><p>She also disclosed earlier that she sought an informal meeting on a &quot;short notice&quot; with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on June 23 but was declined due to prior commitments.</p><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/rsG-8HWwTMA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday said Australia is not included in the two countries named by the defense team in its urgent request for the former president's interim release before the ICC.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday said Australia is not included in the two countries named by the defense team in its urgent request for the former president's interim release before the ICC.

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Sara Duterte says they 'never reached out' to Australia for dad's interim release

Harlene Delgado,

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Published Jun 27, 2025 07:19 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 31, 2025 06:31 PM PHT

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