Vice-President Sara Duterte arrives to deal with individuals gathering outdoors the Worldwide Legal Courtroom (ICC) in The Hague, on March 14, 2025, as former President Rodrigo Duterte seems for the primary time earlier than Worldwide Legal Courtroom to face crimes towards humanity prices. The 79-year-old faces a cost of “the crime towards humanity of homicide”, in keeping with the ICC, for a crackdown that rights teams estimate killed tens of hundreds of principally poor males, typically with out proof they have been linked to medication. (AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. might have missed the sarcasm in Vice President Sara Duterte’s “thanks” message for his position in serving to mend her relationship along with her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte.
This was Vice President Duterte’s response to Marcos saying he was “glad” to have helped the 2 Dutertes reconcile amid the elder Duterte’s detention on the Worldwide Legal Courtroom (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.
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“I feel the sarcasm is misplaced on him. Hindi niya siguro ako naiintindihan,” the vp advised reporters in an interview on Friday (Manila time), referring to Marcos’ response.
“Hindi niya siguro naiintindihan na ang responsibility and obligation niya ay para sa bayan, hindi para ayusin ang mga problema ng — private na mga problema ng mga pamilya. The sarcasm was misplaced on him,” she defined.
Vice President Duterte, in an interview final week, mentioned: “This actually is ironic, however I’ve to thank Bongbong Marcos as a result of there was forgiveness between me and [former President Rodrigo Duterte] for all that has occurred in our lives.”
“And we’ve a relationship now — a father-daughter relationship,” she continued.
The previous president was arrested in Manila on March 11.
He was flown the identical day to The Hague, Netherlands to face earlier than the Worldwide Legal Courtroom prices of crimes towards humanity allegedly dedicated throughout his administration’s drug battle.
Vice President Duterte adopted shortly after.
He had his pretrial listening to on March 14, whereas the ICC set his affirmation of prices listening to for Sept. 23.
His administration’s drug battle claimed not less than 6,000 lives, in keeping with official authorities knowledge.
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Nevertheless, human rights watchdogs estimated the demise toll from the drug battle to be between 12,000 and 30,000 from 2016 to 2019.
