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Former President Rodrigo Duterte saluting to overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong during his visit on Sunday, March 9, 2025./ PDP Laban via Facebook
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Mosyon para sa interim release ni ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, hindi pa isusumite
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MANILA, Philippines — Detained former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lawyers are working on a plea for his interim release but have yet to decide when to file it before the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to his lead counsel Nicholas Kaufman.
“Interim release is a right. And it can only be tempered by three factors. The first of which is the risk of flight, the second of which is the risk of interference of witnesses with the evidence and a third of which is the risk of continued crimes,” Kaufman said, as quoted by ABS-CBN News.
“None of those factors exist in the present situation. So there is a right for Mr. Duterte to be released. We are working on that, but the timing of when we intend to introduce such an application is yet to be decided,” he added.
Duterte’s daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, earlier said they were looking at his interim release before the next ICC hearing in September.
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Meanwhile, Kaufman also relayed his client’s wish for supporters and detractors alike to refrain from interfering with the judicial processes before the ICC.
“The political politics is one issue. He’s aware of what’s going on in the Philippines. Politics will take its course. But that has nothing to do with what’s going on here at The Hague,” he said.
Kaufman said the judicial process in The Hague should be allowed to run its course and that all parties should respect the process and allow all parties to make their submissions.
Asked about his client’s situation in detention, Kaufman said, “He is in high spirits. And I will maintain that.”
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Duterte is being held at the Scheveningen penitentiary for his crimes against humanity case over his war on drugs.
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