Pulong: Dad Duterte says his Davao City house not for sale
In a video report from GMA One Mindanao, Duterte said his father, who is detained in The Netherlands due to alleged crimes against humanity over the drug war killings, is unaware that the house, which he shares with partner Honeylet Avanceña, is on the market, despite a "for sale" sign reportedly seen at the house.
'I asked him if he will sell the house in Doña Luisa, and he just said why would it be sold when it was my first house, and Honeylet has her own house which is huge,' the congressman said in Bisaya in an interview in The Hague.
Congressman Duterte said he also asked his father whose name is on the title of the house, but that his answer was unclear.
The congressman also said that his mother, Duterte's ex-wife Elizabeth Zimmerman, wants the former president to live in a house with their children in the event that the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) grants Duterte's bid for interim release.
'Our mother said that hopefully, by God's grace, if he is released, he will live with us,' the Congressman said.
The governments of Australia and Belgium earlier said that they are not the unnamed country stated by Duterte's camp in their bid for interim release that is willing to host Duterte pending resolution of the charges leveled against him. — BM, GMA Integrated News
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