Imee urges Executive to reveal all details on Rodrigo Duterte arrest

Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday filed a resolution, calling on the Executive department to fully disclose all communications and directives in its cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte. 

Marcos filed proposed Senate Resolution No. 340, coinciding with the first year since Duterte was arrested on orders by the ICC for charges of crimes against humanity. 

“One year has passed since the Executive Department carried out the extraordinary rendition of FPRRD. Under settled constitutional doctrine, the unlawful deprivation of liberty constitutes a continuing violation that endures for as long as the restraint persists without valid legal and judicial basis,” the resolution read. 

“Yet, to this day, the Government has failed to provide accountability or meaningful redress for the ongoing impairment of FPRRD’s constitutional and statutory rights,” it added. 

According to Marcos, there are "conflicting statements” by key government officials that “raise serious concerns on [their] candor and integrity.” 

“The Executive Department’s persistent lack of transparency, its grave violations of the Bill of Rights, and its circumvention of the Philippine judicial system now give rise to serious and imminent concerns that similar actions may again be undertaken against the political opponents of the administration and retired police officials—thereby threatening to normalize the erosion of constitutional safeguard and the rule of law,” she said. 

On March 11, 2025, authorities arrested Duterte after his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 from Hong Kong. 

On the evening of the same day, Duterte departed for The Hague in the Netherlands to face charges in connection with the alleged extrajudicial killings during his controversial war on drugs. —RF, GMA Integrated News