Manila, Philippines – The former president of the Philippine, Rodrigo Duterte, threatened a police general with prosecution, refused to be fingerprint and declared to the police “You must kill me to bring me to the Hague” in a tense confrontation after his arrest in Manila which was ordered by the International Criminal CourtA Filipino police general said on Thursday.
The police major, General Nicolas Torre, provided details for the first time of the 12-hour confrontation in a Philippine air base before he and other police officers manage to bring the former 79-year-old chief to a charcuterie throw that brought him to the Hague, in the Netherlands, where he was detained by the World Court for accusations of charging accusations, where he was detained by the World Court for accusations of charge of the of the crimes against humanity.
Duterte was feared once for his brutal anti -crime repressions and insulted for his irreverence during his functions – he called Pope Francis A “whore son” at some point and said that US President Barack Obama could “go to hell”. Duterte’s superb reversal of fortune was celebrated by human rights groups as a historical triumph against the impunity of the state everywhere.
Duterte was arrested Tuesday after arriving at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila with his wife, daughter and friends and friends from Hong Kong.
He was then taken under the custody of heavy police in a nearby presidential show at Villamor air base to undergo a reservation for arrested criminal suspects, including the fingerprint, before being taken on a plane for the long flight to the Hague to be returned to the ICC, said Torre.
But Duterte, his family, his lawyers and his friends resisted and prevented the former chief from being brought to a Jet Executive Golfstream G550, according to Torre.
The faces lasted approximately 12 hours, said Torre.
“It was very tense,” Torre told the Associated Press. “One of my officers suffered an injury to the head after being touched by a mobile phone” by the woman of the common law of Duterte “and her daughter cursed me with explanive, but I kept my composure.”
The ex-president, who was a prosecutor and member of the government’s congress, refused to undergo the police reservation procedure after his arrest, said Torre.
“We wanted to have fingerprints, but he resisted,” said Torre. In a separate interview, he said that he had arrested and handcuffed the former president’s executive to block the transfer of Duterte on the plane.
Torre confirmed to the authenticity of a video which has become viral on social networks showing that Duterte surrounded by his family, lawyers and friends and asking Torre, who managed the arrested officers: “Are you going to bring me directly on the plane?”
“You have to kill me to bring me to The Hague,” said Torre Duterte.
“It is not our intention sir,” said Torre while his men dragged one of the many men surrounding Duterte.
Duterte’s lawyers said the Philippine authorities showed no copy of the CPI’s mandate and violated its constitutional rights. The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
“Our own government has sold a Philippin citizen – even a former president of this – with foreign powers,” Vice -President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday, the daughter of the former girl president, before her father left Manila.
“It is a blatant affront to our sovereignty and an insult to each Philippin who believes in the independence of our nation,” she said. “It’s not justice-it is oppression and persecution,” she said.
Marcos appeared to Nationwide Television around midnight shortly after Duterte was transported and denied the allegations of the vice-president, who had bitter who fell with him after their Swirling political alliance While racing companions in the 2022 elections collapsed.
In Hong Kong, Duterte told a rally of flag -agitated followers on Sunday before returning to Manila that he knew that an ICC arrest warrant was issued and added that he was ready to be enclosed. “If it’s my fate in life, it’s okay, I will accept it. I can’t do anything if I am arrested and imprisoned, “he said in a speech laced explanations.
Duterte has cut a political name for decades ago with her violent approach to crime and her blasphemies, which has become a trademark of his political character, especially when he threatened to kill drug traffickers as part of his war against illegal drugs that killed thousands of people in his long years.
While the president, Duterte was exasperated when Obama criticized his bloody campaign against illegal drugs and told him in a speech to “go to hell”.
In 2015, he shocked the dominant Roman Catholic church when he pulled an explanative while expressing his disgust on a monstrous traffic jam which trapped him while Francis visited Manila.
“I wanted to call. “Pope, you son of a slut, returns home. Do not visit here, “he told a crowd of supporters, some of whom laughed.
Later, he apologized after the Filipino bishops expressed their shock and indignation.
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Joeal Calupitan and Aaron Favila contributed to this report.
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