Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference, February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File 

MANILA — Malacanang on Wednesday refused to comment on Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that she was supposedly on the list of personalities who would be arrested by the International Criminal Court.

The Vice President raised the possibility of her arrest during an interview in Cebu.

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She claimed that other former Duterte officials were supposedly in the ICC list, including Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, former national police chief Oscar Albayalde, Police General Vicente Danao, and Police General Romeo Caramat.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro reiterated that the Philippine government was not dealing directly with the ICC.

“Sa kasalukuyan po, ang inyong katanungan ay very hypothetical so wala po kaming masasabi patungkol po diyan; at we’re not dealing directly with the ICC. Kung mayroon pong katanungan patungkol po diyan, mas maganda po kung makikipag-usap sila sa ICC. Wala po tayong anumang impormasyon mula sa ICC,” Castro said in a press briefing. 

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“Kung saan po nakuha ng Bise Presidente ang kanilang mga impormasyon, mas mabuti po sana kung sa kanila kukunin dahil sa panahon po ngayon, wala po pa kaming masasabi patungkol po diyan," she added. 

The vice president's father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on March 11 and whisked away the same day to the Netherlands-based tribunal to face charges tied to his drug war, in which thousands of mostly poor men were killed.  

His next hearing is scheduled for September 23, where the charges against him will be laid out.