Duterte family receives report FPRRD found unconscious inside ICC room

The Duterte family received "credible information" that former president Rodrigo Duterte was found unconscious on the floor of his room inside the detention facility of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday, Sept. 27.

- By RAYMUND ANTONIO and ARGYLL CYRUS GEDUCOS

In a statement, the Vice President claimed that their family was not informed of what happened to the Duterte patriarch, who had to be subjected to laboratory tests after the incident.

“These alarming developments raise grave concerns about the capacity of the ICC to guarantee the security and safety of FPRRD,” the statement read.

“The continued detention of former president Duterte under such troubling conditions is not only unjust but inhumane. It amounts to punishment without having been convicted of any crime,” the statement added.

The younger Duterte further decried that the ICC could not even swiftly address an “easily treatable” problem regarding her father’s ingrown toenail, and that it has “persistently ignored the clear need for a 24-hour bedside caregiver.”

"If the ICC is to remain true to its mandate as a court of justice, it cannot turn a blind eye to the health and wellness condition of FPRRD. To deprive an elderly man -abducted, denied his rights under Philippine law, and subjected to surveillance disguised as 'welfare checks' of basic dignity and proper care is not justice. This is cruelty," she stressed.