Philippines VP Sara Duterte says father in `troubling conditions;’ detention ‘inhumane’

Vice President Sara Duterte attends and answers questions at the budget briefing of her office at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025. - Photo: Inquirer

MANILA: Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday (Sept 27) reiterated her call urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to release her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, on “humanitarian considerations,” emphasising that his continued detention amid “troubling conditions” was “inhumane.”

Sara, in a statement, noted that her family received “credible information” from hospital sources that the former president “had to be subjected to laboratory tests after being found unconscious on the floor of his room.”