MANILA, Philippines – Sinabi ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na ang welfare check na isinagawa sa detenidong si dating Pangulong Rodrigo “Digong” Roa Duterte ay bahagi ng standard consular functions na ginagawa ng mga embahada at konsulado ng Pilipinas sa buong mundo.
Ayon sa DFA, ang welfare check ay “duty practiced” ng lahat ng Philippine Embassies and Consulates at “no different from what the DFA does for other Filipino citizens who are in detention abroad.”
“Officials from the Philippine Embassy in The Hague visited former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Detention Center of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct a welfare check,” ayon sa DFA.
“This is in line with its functions under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and relevant Philippine laws to protect the welfare of all Filipinos,” dagdag pa ng kagawaran.
Sa ulat, binatikos ni Vice President Sara Duterte ang isinagawang welfare check ng Philippine Embassy sa The Hague sa kanyang ama na si Digong Duterte.
Inakusahan ng Bise Presidente ang mga tauhan ng Embahada ng Pilipinas sa The Netherlands ng pang-aabuso sa patakaran ng detention unit kaugnay ng consular visits.
Mababasa ang opisyal na pahayag ni VP Sara sa Facebook page ng Office of the Vice President (OVP) ngayong araw hinggil sa nasabing isyu.
“I have received disturbing information from Malacañang that a report about Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was submitted to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by the Philippine Embassy in The Hague.
“The officials entered the detention unit under the false pretense of conducting a ‘welfare check’ and interviewed FPRRD. The said officials clearly abused the rule of the detention unit concerning consular visits,” bahagi ng pahayag ni VP Sara.
Kasunod nito, inakusahan niya si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na isa umano sa mga nasa likod ng isinagawang welfare check.
“These are nothing but orders of President Marcos disguised as consular functions, and we strongly object to such visits. FPRRD does not need you, our family will take care of him,” aniya pa.
Dagdag ni VP Sara, ang pagbisita sa kanyang ama nang walang pahintulot mula sa kanilang pamilya ay maaaring maglagay sa panganib sa buhay nito.
“Since the month of March, there has always been at least a family member or two that visit Former President Duterte almost every day precisely to guarantee his well-being and humane treatment.
“The permission given by the ICC in allowing the agents of the very government that abducted FPRRD to intrude upon him, without seeking permission from family members who are in The Hague, places his life and safety in imminent danger,” ayon sa Bise Presidente. Kris Jose
