Nagbigay-pahayag si Congressman Paolo "Pulong" Duterte tungkol sa hindi pagpapahintulot ng International Criminal Court (ICC) ng interim release sa ama niyang si dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Pinagtibay ng ICC nitong Biyernes, Oktubre 10, ang tahasang "pag-reject" umano nila sa kahilingan ng kampo ni Duterte.
"The Chamber, therefore, considers that the defence's argument that MR. Duterte should be released for humanitarian reasons must be rejected," giit nito,
Sa isang Facebook post, sinabi ni Pulong na isang "gross and disgraceful miscarriage of justice" ang naturang desisyon ng ICC.
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"This decision is a gross and disgraceful miscarriage of justice. It is not law — it is a political theater," ani Pulong.
Giit pa niya, "My father, an 80 year old man, who is no longer in power has been in fact a subject of political persecution in his own country since he stepped down… he is definitely not a flight risk, he does not need it, he is much loved in his own country that he would have wanted nothing more but to stay there for as long as his creator permit him."
Sa kasunod na pahayag, nagbigay din siya ng mensahe sa mga umano'y "kidnappers" ng kaniyang ama.
"To all kidnappers of my father I will make sure that you will pay for this crime that you have committed. To the CIA who connived in this criminal act, my father’s kidnapping will not silence him. As a matter of fact,you might just have helped in making him a martyr. The anger of his people on his baseless imprisonment might just worsen just as their love for him will grow bigger," saad ng kongresista ng Davao City. "We’ll appeal. We’ll fight this by the book. And by the grace of the almighty,my father will go home to his beloved Philippines."
Nagpasalamat din si Pulong sa mga Pilipinong patuloy na sumusuporta sa kanilang pamilya.
