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Marc Jayson Cayabyab - The Philippine Star
February 27, 2026 | 12:00am
In co-sponsoring Senate Resolution No. 307, Cayetano said the 1987 Constitution itself states that Filipinos are entitled to seek judicial relief in domestic courts, instead of being whisked away to a foreign tribunal like what happened to former president Rodrigo Duterte, now detained in The Hague for crimes against humanity.
Senate PRIB / Released
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday sponsored the minority bloc’s resolution seeking to protect Filipinos from extraordinary rendition or surrender to a foreign country, amid a likely issuance by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of arrest warrants for his allies Senators Ronald dela Rosa and Bong Go.
In co-sponsoring Senate Resolution No. 307, Cayetano said the 1987 Constitution itself states that Filipinos are entitled to seek judicial relief in domestic courts, instead of being whisked away to a foreign tribunal like what happened to former president Rodrigo Duterte, now detained in The Hague for crimes against humanity.
Cayetano said judicial participation is a constitutional requirement even in cases involving international arrest warrants.
He said the government should not have given up Duterte and flown him to The Hague just because of Interpol obligations, just as it should not surrender an inch of the country’s territory to foreign invaders.
He cited countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea, which require domestic legal processes and court participation before granting request from a foreign court for any arrest or surrender.
