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PRESIDENTIAL Communications Office Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Wednesday said the travel authority of Vice President Sara Duterte to The Hague in the Netherlands was issued by the Office of the President (OP).
“The Office of the President issued a travel authority to VP Sara as of last night (Tuesday) 8 p.m.,” Castro told reporters.
However, she said the PCO was not “immediately updated” about the supposed travel “as the information was initially disclosed only to limited people due to the unusual urgency and the confidentiality of the document.”
The Office of the Vice President earlier said Duterte departed Manila at around 7:40 a.m. of Wednesday, via Emirates Flight EK 337, bound for Amsterdam, following the arrest of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and the local police.
The former president’s arrest stemmed from the International Criminal Court’s ongoing investigation into allegations that his anti-drug campaign led to thousands of extrajudicial killings when he was Davao City mayor and president of the country. Philippine News Agency
