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Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference, February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

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Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. Duterte addressed the impeachment case filed against her by Congress, and also assured the public that her office would cooperate with the legal process while continuing to prioritize government programs and services. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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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/174599917142920250214-vp-sara-duterte-presscon-impeachment-MT-17.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference, February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Malacanang on Wednesday refused to comment on Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that she was supposedly on the list of personalities who would be arrested by the International Criminal Court.</p><p>The Vice President raised the possibility of her arrest during an interview in Cebu.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/29/sara-duterte-alludes-to-digongs-arrest-in-message-to-pnpa-graduates-1712">Sara Duterte alludes to Digong’s arrest in message to PNPA graduates</a></div><p>She claimed that other former Duterte officials were supposedly in the ICC list, including Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, former national police chief Oscar Albayalde, Police General Vicente Danao, and Police General Romeo Caramat.</p><p>Palace Press Officer Claire Castro reiterated that the Philippine government was not dealing directly with the ICC.</p><p>“Sa kasalukuyan po, ang inyong katanungan ay very hypothetical so wala po kaming masasabi patungkol po diyan; at we’re not dealing directly with the ICC. Kung mayroon pong katanungan patungkol po diyan, mas maganda po kung makikipag-usap sila sa ICC. Wala po tayong anumang impormasyon mula sa ICC,” Castro said in a press briefing. </p><div> <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/30/palace-alleged-memo-detailing-plan-to-counter-duterte-arrest-critics-is-fake-1503">Palace: Alleged plan to counter Duterte arrest critics is &#x27;fake&#x27;</a></div><p>“Kung saan po nakuha ng Bise Presidente ang kanilang mga impormasyon, mas mabuti po sana kung sa kanila kukunin dahil sa panahon po ngayon, wala po pa kaming masasabi patungkol po diyan,&quot; she added. </p><p>The vice president&#x27;s father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on March 11 and whisked away the same day to the Netherlands-based tribunal to face charges tied to his drug war, in which thousands of mostly poor men were killed.  </p><p>His next hearing is scheduled for September 23, where the charges against him will be laid out. </p>

<p>Malacanang on Wednesday refused to comment on Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that she was supposedly on the list of personalities who would be arrested by the International Criminal Court.</p>

Malacanang on Wednesday refused to comment on Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that she was supposedly on the list of personalities who would be arrested by the International Criminal Court.

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Palace refuses to comment on Sara Duterte’s claim on ICC arrest list

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published Apr 30, 2025 03:46 PM PHT

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