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DFA Urged: Bring Roque Back to Phl

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March 21, 2025

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) must coordinate with Dutch authorities and facilitate the return to the country of former presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives urged yesterday.

- By JOSE RODEL CLAPANO

ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro, Gabriela women's party Rep. Arlene Brosas and Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel also lambasted Roque for "shamelessly" attempting to escape accountability by seeking asylum in the Netherlands.

"We call on the Department of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with Dutch authorities to deny any asylum request from Roque and facilitate his return to the Philippines to face the charges against him," Castro, Brosas and Manuel said in a joint statement.

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