Former president Rodrigo Duterte takes a government-chartered flight out of the Philippines as he is set to face the International Criminal Court
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Government doctors had checked the former president at NAIA and was found to be in “good health,” Malacañang said in a statement earlier on Tuesday. The President’s daughter Kitty later posted a handwritten note from one of her father’s private doctors that said his blood sugar had shot up, requiring medical attention.
Duterte is facing allegations of crimes against humanity related to the killings under his bloody war on drugs. His flagship campaign leftin police operations alone by May 2022, or a month before the end of his six-year term. The number reached between 27,000 to 30,000, including those killed vigilante-style.
In a GMA News interview prior to his arrest, Duterte had said that he was ready to face the ICC and that he “will deal with the problem directly as a lawyer.”
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