Baste sues Cabinet secretaries over Rody arrest

Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte has filed criminal and administrative complaints against several Cabinet secretaries and former top police officials of the Marcos administration over the arrest and turnover of his father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.

- ELIZABETH MARCELO

In a 160-page complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao yesterday, the acting mayor, through lawyers Israelito Torreon and Martin Delgra, urged the anti-graft body to investigate Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla, his brother Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla and other officials.

The complaint, unless quickly resolved, could disqualify the justice chief from the post of ombudsman.

The younger Duterte accused them of kidnapping, arbitrary detention, qualified direct assault, expulsion, usurpation of judicial functions and violation of Republic Act 9745 or the Anti-Torture Act and RA 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Also named in the complaint were Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año, Department of Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty, DOJ-National Prosecution Service Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon, Philippine special envoy on transnational crime Ambassador Markus Lacanilao and Philippine Center on Transnational Crimes executive director Anthony Alcantara.