MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would remain fair and would provide all legal rights and remedies to any Filipino regardless of his political affiliation, Malacañang told Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, following his appeal for protection against an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said that the Marcos administration does not operate through harassment but through due process and fairness.
"We just want to inform Sen. Bato and everyone that the administration of President Marcos Jr. is fair, follows the law, and does not enforce violence," Castro said in a statement.
"All assistance that can be extended to our countrymen in accordance with the law will not be denied. So no matter what a person's color is, the interest of the people must remain the priority and not personal gains," she added.
Dela Rosa, who oversaw the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs as chief of the Philippine National Police, was named a co-perpetrator in the crimes against humanity charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is in The Hague awaiting trial before the ICC.
