A month at Rodrigo Duterte in the Netherlands, Sara returns to the Philippines

Jakarta –

The vice president of the Philippines that Sara Duterte after almost a month on the side of his father, Rodrigo Duterte, has returned to the Philippines in The Hague. Known Rodrigo Duterte Faced with accusations of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

“My work here is ready,” Sara said reporters before his departure, reported by AFP on Monday (7/4/2025).

Sara said that the legal team of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte is now ready and he has also presented the “latest document” that is needed for the International Criminal Court.

Sara added that her family no longer intended to seek financial help to finance his father’s defense.

“If we need (sell) goods to support our financial needs, we will do this,” said Sara.

It is known that Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on 11 March and was brought to court on the same day in the Netherlands to face the indictment of drugs war that thousands of people killed, most arms.

His daughter, Sara, immediately followed Duterte to The Hague and had coordinated her legal affairs. Sara also acted as her mouthpiece, by keeping a number of press conferences outside the courthouse.

Now Sara has returned. He landed on Sunday evening at Manila International Airport, based on his report from the communication team.

Sara returned to the Philippines because the Laban PDP party lagged behind her family in a poll prior to the selection of May that will determine 12 senate seats and thousands of smaller positions on the 117 million islands.

Clan Duterte was involved in a fierce feud with President Ferdinand Marcos, former allies and vice -presidential candidates Sara in the presidential campaign of 2022, which they possibly won on a landslide.

The cracks in the alliance of the two parties are short -bound after they have won. Since then, the burning feud has exploded in an open war, in which the two political dynasties attack each other in public, including the older Duterte that Marcos labeled as a drug addict.

Sara Duterte was dropped off by the DPR at the beginning of February due to “violations of the Constitution, Betrayal of public trust, corruption and other high crimes”.

One of these accusations is the alleged murder plan for Marcos, which is associated with public comments that he regards as a frustration of government policy.

The senate session will be held after the selection of 12 May, the results of which will determine who the judge will be.

If the vice -president has been guilty, the vice president is forbidden to hold a public office.

(Yld/GBR)