Rotterdam:
Former Philippines President Rodrigo Dutee said he was “responsible” as the international criminal court on Wednesday detained him to face allegations of crimes against humanity on his war on drugs.
The ICC located in the Hague believes that there are “appropriate basis” with murder with murder as a crime against humanity, which during the anti-drug campaign “indirect cum-criminal”, guesses about rights groups that thousands were killed.
“I am the one who has led our law enforcement and military. I said that I will protect you and I will be responsible for all this,” Duterte told his country, shared in a video and he was on the ground as Facebook pages of a close advisor.
The first Asian former state head to face allegations in the ICC, 79 -year -old said, “I am telling the police, the army that it was my job and I am responsible.”
The court ruled the world’s worst crimes, including war crime, crime against humanity and genocide. A spokesman confirmed that Duterte was in court custody after private jet arrived at Rotterdam.
A vehicle thought that Duterte was shouted to the back of a crowd of dozens of supporters to take the Dute to the ICC Detention Center in the Hague: “Bring him back” and waving national flags.
“No proper procedure has been performed,” said Caregiver Duds Quibin, 50. “This is a kidnapping. They just put him in an aircraft and brought it here,” he told AFP.
Located near the North Sea coast, this center offers each prisoner a personal cell equipped with an external exercise area to work on his case.
Duterte will be held here until appearing in an initial court, the possibility of being in the coming days.
Talking to AFP outside the ICC, advocate Gilbert Andres, who represents the victims of drug war, said: “My customers are very grateful to God because their prayers have been responded to.”
“Rodrigo Dutee’s arrest is a great sign for international criminal justice. This means that no one is above the law,” Andres said.
– ‘Harassment and oppression’ –
Before her father’s departure, the Vice President of the Philippines Sarah Dutee stated that she was being forcibly taken to the Hague “, labeled the transfer” harassment and harassment “.
The alliance between President Ferdinand Marcos and the Duterte family has exploded brilliantly since the 2022 presidential election, when Sarah was a friend of Duterte Marcos.
She is currently facing a Senate test on several allegations, including corruption and an alleged murder conspiracy against Marcos.
Duterte had earlier taken himself to social media, claiming that the Supreme Court would be ventured and their transfer would be stopped.
In a church in the capital Manila, people who killed family members in “Drug War” welcomed the arrest.
“Duterte is lucky, a proper process for him. There was no appropriate process for my son” Angelito, Emily Soriano said in a press briefing organized by a local rights group.
Duterte “Lie on a good bed, my son is already rotting in the cemetery.”
The United Nations chief Volcker Turk described the arrest as “a very important step towards seeking accountability for thousands of victims of the murders”.
However, China warned the ICC against “politicization” and “dual standards” in the Dute case, stating that it was “closely monitoring”.
The high-profile case currently came up with the ICC under Donald Trump’s sanctions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unhappy in the court issuing an arrest warrant for the crimes committed during the US President Gaza War.
ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan said that the arrest warrant was “made important to the victims” and is proof that “international law is not as weak as something can think.”
– ‘Davo Death Squad’ –
The Philippines left the ICC on Duterte’s instructions in 2019.
But the tribunal claimed jurisdiction on killings by the time the southern city was involved in Davo when Duterte was the mayor.
The ICC said in its arrest warrant that at least 19 people killed by members of “Davo Death Squad” were appropriate to believe in “the killing of 19 people”, headed by Duterte.
Additionally, at least 24 people were killed by the Philippines Police at various places, the judges believe.
On Sunday, Dutee said, “ICC investigators label the” sons of whites “, saying he would” accept “an arrest.”
Duterte is still extremely popular among many people who supported their quick-fix solutions for crime, and remain a powerful political power.
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