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Davao City Council backs Senate call for FPRRD release

Published Oct 9, 2025 01:08 pm
DAYANGHIRANG (Ivy Tejano)
DAYANGHIRANG (Ivy Tejano)
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council backed the Senate resolution urging the International Criminal Court to release and place former President Rodrigo Duterte under house arrest for humanitarian grounds.
Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairperson of the Finance, Ways and Means, and Appropriations Committee, said the council passed a third resolution on Sept. 30 calling for former President Duterte’s release.
“Our proposition is simple: Just bring former President Duterte home,” Dayanghirang told the media during the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos forum at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
“Whether house or hospital arrest, we leave it to the ICC. What matters most is that the former Chief Executive can return home,” the councilor added.
Dayanghirang reiterated the call following reports that former President Duterte collapsed inside the ICC detention center in The Hague, Netherlands.
In a privilege speech during the regular session on Sept. 30, the councilor decried the ICC’s disregard for Filipino cultural values, particularly the deep respect and care traditionally accorded to elders.
“He collapsed, and even his own family was not informed,” Dayanghirang said. “It is alarming to see him abandoned as if he were nothing, despite not being convicted of any crime.”
The councilor said that the former Chief Executive, now 80, is no longer a flight risk. “He can barely travel anywhere,” Dayanghirang said. He said the Duterte patriarch has repeatedly wished to return to Davao City.
Dayanghirang maintained that former President Duterte’s continued detention deprives 1.8 million people of Davao of their right to have their mayor and leader with them.
“We elected him as the city’s mayor. People should always respect the election,” he added, asserting that the Philippines remains a sovereign nation with a functioning justice system.
The councilor said the council approved the resolution and transmitted it to the ICC and former President Duterte’s legal counsel, reiterating the city’s plea for his release on humanitarian grounds.
“In our culture, we care for our grandparents and older parents. We are not like other countries, we make sure someone looks after them,” he said, emphasizing that someone must look after the elder Duterte.
Similar resolutions were approved on March 25 and July 15 urging the ICC and the Philippine Senate to act. The Senate approved a resolution on Oct. 1 calling the ICC to release FPRRD.
The Senate resolution however did not indicate former President Duterte’s return to the Philippines. On June 12, his defense team appealed for his interim release to an undisclosed country willing to host him.
Former President Duterte has been detained at the ICC since March 12, in connection with alleged crimes against humanity charges related to the government’s anti-drug campaign.

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