THE HAGUE: Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte believes he has no case to answer at the International Criminal Court, his daughter stated on Sunday (Mar 23), and is assured he has a robust authorized argument.
Sara Duterte, vice-president of the Philippines, instructed reporters her father was now in higher well being after showing fatigued and dazed at his first listening to on the ICC.
“He is very assured concerning the authorized arguments. He is very assured … that what they did was unsuitable and there’s no case to start with,” Duterte instructed reporters.
The 79-year-old former president faces a cost of crimes in opposition to humanity tied to his “battle on medicine” wherein 1000’s had been killed.
He’s at the moment in a detention centre in The Hague, awaiting a affirmation of costs listening to on Sep 23, the place he may have the chance to contest the accusations in opposition to him.
Duterte was bundled right into a airplane in Manila and dropped at the Hague through Dubai, showing barely awake at his preliminary listening to two days later.
However his daughter, who stated she noticed him on Saturday, stated: “He feels higher now and fortunately the docs and the nurses are taking excellent care of him.”
She had beforehand revealed that her father’s most important grievance was the Dutch meals served within the centre.
