Complaint filed over Duterte arrest – BusinessWorld Online
ACTING DAVAO CITY Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Z. Duterte on Monday has filed multiple criminal and administrative complaints before the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao, in relation to the arrest and subsequent transfer of his father, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
The complaints were submitted through Mr. Duterte’s legal team, which includes Israelito P. Torreon, Martin Delgra, Dinah Tolentino-Fuentes, and Leo Delgra.
The 160-page affidavit-complaint names 11 respondents, along with John and Jane Does described as the operators and owner of the aircraft that transported the older Duterte to the Netherlands. Others were cited as police officers allegedly involved in his unlawful detention at Villamor Air Base.
Criminal charges cited include eight counts of kidnapping and arbitrary detention, violations of the Anti-Torture Act (RA 9745), qualified direct assault, illegal expulsion, and usurpation of judicial functions.
Administrative charges accuse the officials of serious dishonesty, gross neglect of duty, grave misconduct, disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines and the Filipino people, oppression, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of public service.
In the complaint, Mr. Duterte requested that, given the strong evidence and the gravity of the alleged offenses, the respondents be “preventively suspended” pending the outcome of the investigations. — Erika Mae P. Sinaking