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Detained former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lawyers are working on a plea for his interim release but have yet to decide when to file it before the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to his lead counsel Nicholas Kaufman.

With their “extensive disclosures,” it may no longer be necessary for executive officials to attend the next hearing of a Senate committee on the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang told Senate leaders in a letter.

The protests were initially widespread over the arrest of former president Duterte and his confinement at the International Criminal Court’s Detention Center. Three weeks hence, the rallies have faded in frequency and intensity as people begin to accept Mr. Duterte’s fate.

The prosecution only needs to present "emblematic" cases that meet the criteria for crimes against humanity of murder, without the need to list all victims of Duterte's drug war, according to ICC-accredited lawyer Gilbert Andres.

Members of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.’s Cabinet will no longer be attending Senate hearings on the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, according to a letter from Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.