No guarantee Quiboloy won’t be handed over to US – DOJ exec
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MANILA, Philippines — The government is unlikely to grant the request of fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy for a written declaration that he will not be turned over to the United States, where he is also a wanted man, as it would mean reneging on Manila’s obligations under its extradition treaty with Washington.
This was according to Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez, he said the request of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) founder was “a legal issue that needs to be carefully studied.”
In a media forum in Quezon City on Saturday, Vasquez said he did not want to preempt the high-level decision on the matter, but took note of Philippine commitments under the 1994 pact “regardless of whoever is in the leadership.”
“We have an extradition treaty. So no one in that government can give that guarantee, strictly speaking. It’s just optics,” Vasquez said.
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