Duterte says his arrest may result in Sara presidency

Former president Rodrigo Duterte (right) and Vice President Sara Duterte (Composite image from file photos)

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MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday said that Vice President Sara Duterte would win if she decides to run for President, citing his arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a factor.

Duterte made the prediction while detained at Villamor Air Base due an arrest warrant issued by the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity during his administration’s bloody war on drugs.

“My family, especially the VP [Vice President Sara Duterte], if she becomes president tomorrow, or on a longer term, she will win — because of what you did,” Duterte said in Filipino in an Instagram live post by his daughter Veronica “Kitty” Duterte.

Vice President Duterte is facing incitement to sedition and grave threat complaints, as well as complaints for grave coercion, direct assault, and disobedience.

She was also impeached by the House of Representatives and is now awaiting the impeachment trial before the Senate.

All this developed after the former president was arrested earlier the same day as arrived from Hong Kong.

Ass of posting time, Duterte is under police custody at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.

In a prior Instagram story, the Crime Investigation and Detection Group director, Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III, confirmed that Duterte is set to be sent overseas, through a chartered plane, presumably at The Hague in Netherlands where the ICC is headquartered.