President Marcos said that the condition laid out by embattled televangelist Pastor Apollo Quiboloy so that he would come out of hiding was "immaterial" and that the government's hands were tied with the arrest warrant issued against him.

Marcos said this after Quiboloy, through his camp, insisted that Marcos should issue a written guarantee that he would not turn Quiboloy over to the United States of America (USA), where he is facing charges, for the so-called "appointed son of God" to appear.

According to the President, Quiboloy must have misunderstood how the process worked.

"Hindi niya yata masyadong naintindihan ang proseso ng pagka nag-issue ang korte ng (Perhaps he doesn't understand fully that when the court issues a) bench warrant or warrant for arrest, it is out of our hands already. It is in the court's hands," he said on Sept. 4.

"Kailangan ang kausap niya ang korte. Dahil ang Executive, ang papel lang namin ngayon ay arestuhin siya (He should talk to the court. Because us here in the Executive Branch, our role is to arrest him). So, all of these conditions that he's putting in are immaterial," he added.

In April, Marcos thought that Quiboloy, who supported his 2022 presidential candidacy, was "tail wagging the dog," an expression which the Webster website defined as "something important or powerful being controlled by something less so."

"It seems to me a little bit tail wagging the dog, ang tawag (is what it's called)," he said.

"Siya magbibigay ng kondisyon sa gobyerno doon sa kaso na asukado siya (He will set conditions for the government regarding the charges against him)," he added.

Despite this, the President assured the controversial religious leader that the proceedings related to his case would be fair.

"We will exercise all the compassion to Pastor Quiboloy, whom we've known for a very long time," he said.

"Ang maipapangako ko (What I can promise), all the proceedings will be fair," he added.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is yet to arrest Quiboloy but they have so far covered around 40 to 50 percent of the 30-hectare Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Davao City.

Last week, President Marcos said that the PNP did not commit any human rights violation in serving the warrant of arrest against Quiboloy.

"You go to any human rights advocates, there’s nothing that we did – lahat ng pumasok na pulis, hindi armado (every police officer that entered the compound was not armed)," he said.

"Walang baril kahit isa, hindi kami gumamit ng tear gas. Wala kaming ginawang ganun. So, anong (There wasn't a single gun, we didn't use tear gas. We didn't do any of that, So what) human rights violation?” he added.

In early April this year, the Davao Regional Trial Court issued a warrant of arrest against Quiboloy for sexual abuse.

Quiboloy alleged that Marcos' government had conspired with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to hand him over to the Americans.

Quiboloy is on the FBI’s wanted list after a Los Angeles court in 2011 charged him and his associates with conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, sex trafficking of children, conspiracy, and bulk cash smuggling.