MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A plane carrying arrested former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte left Manila Tuesday night for him to be turned over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague which has ordered his arrest for alleged crimes against humanity, President Ferdinand Marcos said.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reiterated that former president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest and turnover to the International Criminal Court is legal.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has brushed off claims that former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest was merely a political persecution, stressing the government only complied with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

The Palace said it does not anticipate unrest following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s appointment of a new interim chief minister for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday maintained that the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte was not unlawful, contrary to the latter’s claim. The former president is the subject of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity he allegedly committed during his administration’s bloody drug war.

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