{"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’t will still help Interpol even if UniTeam is intact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Whether or not the UniTeam is intact, this will not change the government’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

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’s daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, did not have a fallout.<\/p>\n

Marcos and his vice president ran under the “UniTeam” 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

\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

(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

\u201cHindi tayo pwedeng magkaroon ng special treatment dahil lang may friendship,\u201d Castro added.<\/p>\n

(We cannot grant special treatment just because of friendship.)<\/p>\n