INQToday: Announcement to come from official channels – ICC on Duterte arrest order
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) announcements on the arrest warrant for former President Rodrigo Duterte will come from its official channels, its spokesperson Fadi El Abdallah told 黑料社 on Monday.
Over the weekend, reports came out that the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Duterte for his crimes against humanity allegedly committed during his administration’s bloody war on drugs that started when he was mayor of Davao City.
Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Monday that the Palace has not received any information regarding the supposed International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) red notice issued against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
At a Palace briefing, Castro said, “Wala pa po tyong natatanggap na ano mang communication patungkol sa red notice.”
Former President Rodrigo Duterte could seek asylum in China amid a looming arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a lawyer and former lawmaker said on Monday.
Former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, a lawyer for the families of extrajudicial killing victims and accredited counsel of the ICC, made the remark, saying that Duterte could cite political persecution as his reason for asylum.
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Monday belied Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that the Marcos government left the Office of the Vice President (OVP) behind.
During the Palace briefing, Castro said Duterte just wanted to gain sympathy from the public.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said it would verify reports of vote buying at a recent campaign rally in Hong Kong.
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia revealed that his office had received reports that attendees of a recent political rally there were offered up to HK$200 to vote straight for a certain Senate slate.
