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ICC Arrest, Impeachment Leave Duterte Clan's Political Future In Doubt

Philippine former president Rodrigo Duterte, pictured in 2018, is due in court Friday, three days after his arrest at Manila's international airport (Credit: AFP)

Minutes after former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte was bundled onto a plane bound for The Hague to face a charge of crimes against humanity, President Ferdinand Marcos said of the arrest: "Politics doesn't enter into it."

Complying with the International Criminal Court warrant tied to his predecessor's deadly drug war was simply a matter of the Philippines meeting its international obligations, he told reporters.

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