{"id":2043890,"date":"2025-03-14T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T07:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=2043890"},"modified":"2025-03-14T18:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:01:06","slug":"palace-govt-will-still-help-interpol-even-if-uniteam-is-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/2043890\/palace-govt-will-still-help-interpol-even-if-uniteam-is-intact","title":{"rendered":"Palace: Gov&#8217;t will still help Interpol even if UniTeam is intact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2041348\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2041348\" class=\"wp-image-2041348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/03\/claire-castro-03062025.jpg\" alt=\"Palace: Gov't will still help Interpol even if UniTeam is intact\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/03\/claire-castro-03062025.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/03\/claire-castro-03062025-620x657.jpg 620w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/03\/claire-castro-03062025-320x339.jpg 320w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/03\/claire-castro-03062025-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/03\/claire-castro-03062025-1449x1536.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/03\/claire-castro-03062025-1932x2048.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2041348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whether or not the UniTeam is intact, the government will still cooperate with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte, said Malacanang Press Officer Claire Castro on Friday, March 14, 2025. PHOTO FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION OFFICE<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Whether or not the UniTeam is intact, this will not change the government&#8217;s decision to cooperate with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in the arrest of President Rodrigo Duterte, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said.<\/p>\n<p>At a Palace briefing on Friday, Castro was asked if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would still cooperate with Interpol, which implemented the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), if he and Duterte&#8217;s daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, did not have a fallout.<\/p>\n<p>Marcos and his vice president ran under the &#8220;UniTeam&#8221; banner in the\u00a0 2022 national elections, but their political alliance has since been severed with her resignation from her post as education secretary last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we will just abide by the law. \u2018Yun po, kung ano man po \u2018yung naging kasunduan with the Interpol, kahit sino pa po \u2018yan, nagkaroon ng\u2026meron pang Uniteam, walang Uniteam, it will be the same,\u201d Castro replied.<\/p>\n<p>(Of course, we will just abide by the law. Whatever the agreement with Interpol is, no matter who it involves\u2014whether the Uniteam still exists or not\u2014it will be the same.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHindi tayo pwedeng magkaroon ng special treatment dahil lang may friendship,\u201d Castro added.<\/p>\n<p>(We cannot grant special treatment just because of friendship.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Palace: Gov\u2019t will still help Interpol even if UniTeam is intact\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-grsDSTmWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Police assisted Interpol in arresting Duterte upon his arrival from Hong Kong last Tuesday and he was flown several hours after to The Hague, Netherlands via a government-chartered plane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/267676\/palace-paying-for-duterte-chartered-plane-part-of-duty-to-interpol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palace: Paying for Duterte chartered plane part of PH duty to Interpol<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The elder Duterte and Marcos have a long-standing rift that began before the latter became president in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The former president had repeatedly accused Marcos of using illegal drugs, which Marcos has also repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech during a senatorial sortie last February 13, Duterte once again accused Marcos of using illegal drugs, saying that by the age of 80, Marcos is probably \u201cno longer moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/2034468\/ex-president-duterte-claims-marcos-uses-heroin-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ex-President Duterte claims Marcos uses heroin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMerong isang presidente na talagang bangag. [Hindi naman] buang, pero \u2018yung bisyo ng droga long term \u2018yan. Maging ulol si Marcos. Maybe constant use of heroin \u2014 aabot pa siguro siya ng 80, pero sa panahon na \u2018yan, hindi na siya gumagalaw,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>(There is a president who is truly high. [Not exactly] insane, but drug addiction has long-term effects. Marcos would go mad. Maybe with constant use of heroin, he might reach 80, but by then, he wouldn\u2019t be able to move anymore.)<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Duterte, meanwhile, had threatened to have Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez assassinated if any harm befell her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/2008707\/sara-backtracks-on-remarks-vs-marcos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sara backtracks on remarks vs Marcos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI already talked to someone. I told the person, \u2018If they kill me, kill BBM, Liza Araneta, and Martin Romualdez.\u2019 No joke, no joke. I\u2019ve left instructions,\u201d Duterte said in Filipino in an online press conference last year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Whether or not the UniTeam is intact, this will not change the government&#8217;s decision to cooperate with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in the arrest of President Rodrigo Duterte, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said. 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